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Higher L.A. mathematics

By Kevin Roderick | September 22, 2009 8:33 AM

An LA Observed reader driving north on the 110, somewhere below the Santa Monica Freeway, emails that the Caltrans info sign that predicts travel times was for once indisputably accurate:

Minutes to Downtown.......???

Like a true Los Angeles driver, he adds in apology: "Wish I'd snapped a photo but was driving too fast."


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