| If there is one trait that Los Angeles, CA has become | | | | for its longstanding under-funding of road upkeep, no |
| famous for, it's the city's unrequited love affair with its | | | | doubt partly due to the city's huge total area. This |
| automobiles. The city has more than 25 winding | | | | causes a humongous number of potholes, leading to |
| freeways, which take care of commuters, automotive | | | | high vehicle maintenance costs for local denizens. |
| and otherwise, on a daily basis. Not surprisingly, Los | | | | Extreme angst over potholes was a major factor in |
| Angeles remains the most automobile-populated metro | | | | the attempted 2002 secession of the San Fernando |
| area in the entire world, with one registered car for | | | | Valley county. |
| every one and a half persons. | | | | With so much traffic, certain portions of Los Angeles' |
| SoCal's freeways, along with the area's beaches, palm | | | | roads are hopelessly gridlocked at rush hour. |
| trees, and movie studios are all major trademarks of | | | | Unfortunately, collector streets and local roads are |
| the West Coast region. As previously noted, it is | | | | usually all equally jammed, so there are no available |
| unlikely that any other city in the world has taken to | | | | detours. |
| the automobile as fully as Los Angeles. The extensive | | | | To no one's surprise, with so many automobiles on the |
| freeway system is dispersed throughout the still quickly | | | | road, red light running is common. To deal with this, |
| growing area, connecting urban centers with both | | | | mounted cameras have been procured for many |
| suburbs and exurbs. | | | | problem intersections. The cameras activate when an |
| Taking things a step further, the Art Center College of | | | | automobile runs a red light and then without ceremony |
| Design has assisted in making Southern California a | | | | sends a ticket to the person's registered address. No |
| hotbed for car design. Automakers such as Honda, | | | | systems is perfect, however, and there was a huge |
| BMW, Toyota, Ford, VW, Hyundai, and GM all have | | | | fuss raised when it was ascertained that specific |
| design studios in the area. | | | | intersections with cameras did more to generate |
| To sound a negative note, Los Angeles is well known | | | | revenue in fines than to help with public safety. |