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If there is one attribute that Los Angeles has become famous for, it's the city's unabashed love affair with all things automotive. The city boasts more than 25 interwoven freeways, which handle millions of commuters, automotive and otherwise, on a daily basis. Unsurprisingly, Los Angeles is the most automobile-populated metro area in the entire world, with one registered car for every one and a half persons. Southern California's highways, along with the area's beaches, palm trees, and movie studios are among the major trademarks of the West Coast region. As aforementioned, it is unlikely that any other city in the world has embraced the automobile as passionately as Los Angeles. The extensive freeway system is dispersed throughout the still quickly growing area, connecting urban centers with both suburbs and exurbs. Taking things a step further, the Art Center College of Design has had a hand in making Southern California a hotbed for car design. Automotive manufacturers such as Honda, BMW, Toyota, Ford, VW, Hyundai, and GM all have design studios in the area. To sound a negative note, Los Angeles is notorious for its longstanding under-funding of road maintenance, no doubt partly due to the city's enormous size total. This allows for a inordinate number of potholes, meaning high vehicle maintenance costs for local denizens. Anger over potholes was a major factor in the attempted 2002 secession of the San Fernando Valley county. Because of so much traffic, certain parts of Los Angeles' roads are completely packed at rush hour. Unfortunately, collector streets and smaller roads are usually all equally jammed, so there are no viable detours. Unsurprisingly, with so many automobiles extant, red light running is common. To deal with this, mounted cameras have been procured for targeted problem intersections. The cameras activate when an automobile runs a red light and then unceremoniously sends a ticket to the driver's registered address. No systems is perfect, however, and there was a huge fuss raised when it was ascertained that specific intersections with cameras did more to generate revenue in fines than to help with public safety.
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Matt Paolini writes a monthly column for CityBook.com, the family-safe online yellow pages, which carries an extensive directory of automobile rental industry-related businesses located in Los Angeles.
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