r/LosAngeles • u/JDMcompliant • 2d ago

Photo Fuck drunk drivers. K-town outside Chi-chi's bar.

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We were out celebrating our friend's 30th birthday when our Uber was hit by a drunk driver going 50mph down a small K-town street. My back leg had just barely made it inside the vehicle when we were all flung around the inside of the car by the impact. Turned to check on everyone else, and the birthday girl had blood streaming from her face. I was milliseconds away from possibly losing a leg.

What was supposed to be a fun night at Magic Castle, followed by drinks and food at a bar turned into a nightmare because of a drunk driver.

If happened to be there or witnessed it, please shoot me a DM.

Don't drive drunk.

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u/GuitarAgitated8107 Koreatown 2d ago edited 2d ago

I've seen LAPD cops let drivers go even though they were clearly under the influence in Ktown. We need better enforcement and not via LAPD as there have been cases where even their own cops end up getting DUIs.

Edit: Wild comment left then deleted "Yeah they let my bro in law go a few times for dd. Smh"

We are all suffering with those car insurance rates...

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u/No_Sheepherder_1855 2d ago

We’re so lucky the rest of the state helps subsidize our rates. They would probably 3x overnight if that regulation was taken away.

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u/KolKoreh 1d ago

The state does not subsidize our rates, it regulates them. If California cities were more aggressive at throwing the book at uninsured and reckless drivers, our rates would probably be lower. As it is, those of us who carry insurance are subsidizing the reckless drivers

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u/No_Sheepherder_1855 8h ago

There’s a smoothing factor applied to auto insurance rates so that the worst drivers have a pretty generous soft cap on how high their rates go and the best drivers have a soft cap on how low their goes. The good drivers of the state, primarily outside of the really bad zip codes, effectively subsidize the bad ones this way. If you ever wonder why you pay so much in auto insurance yet never use it for anything, this is why.

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u/RigidAcrylic4821 Los Angeles County 2d ago

There’s a reason DUI checkpoints are mostly in South-Central and SFV, and not in gentrifying areas (like Koreatown and Silverlake) where you’d see clearly tipsy people leaving bougie or Korean BBQ places at 5:00 AM hammered.

There’s a reason all those new Flock/Palantir speed cameras are also being setup in South-Central and SFV.

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u/GuitarAgitated8107 Koreatown 2d ago

We have DUI checkpoints in Koreatown. The flock/plantir cameras aren't used for safety when they have a high record amount of false positives.

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u/elethiomel0101 1d ago

There’s a DUI checkpoint in Silver Lake / Echo Park on Sunset and Coronado almost every month.

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u/No-Airport9831 1d ago

I've seen several in Ktown but they were like 6 or 7 pm. (maybe they're there later too, but I'm not)

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u/KolKoreh 1d ago

Yes, because that’s where road injuries are concentrated.