Over the weekend, I was driving in the #1 lane of the Hollywood Freeway, at Universal City, at about 75-80 MPH when I started hearing a rustling kind of sound. I couldn't tell where it was coming from. Suddenly the sound intensified and the engine stalled. I was able to coast the car across 5 lanes ...

On a Saturday, at 1PM, there was extremely light traffic, and I could have traveled at 90 MPH had I wished to. People have a perception that Los Angeles area traffic is in a state of grid-locked bumper-to-bumper congestion 24/7, which is very far removed from reality.