Back when some fast food company had taken to overloading their hamburgers with "secret" sauce (Their ads featured people dribbling sauce on the ground and guessing what the mess looked like) I saw a fool driving down the 101 in a VW leaning way over into the passenger seat area so his burger would dribble on the floor instead of his cloths. He ended up going down the steep hillside onto the 405, hope he didn't get any on himself.
In So Cal, some idiots have the idea that they can tailgate and then run off into the emergency lane to stop. I was on the 210 freeway when someone a few cars up dropped a driveshaft and came to an unexpected stop. I had enough room to stop, but the idiot behind ended up in the emergency lane next to me. Then, he was suddenly moved up a couple of car lengths with the idiot who was tailgating him firmly embedded in his boot.
Traffic on the 101 freeway came to a stop. The guy ahead of me locked his brakes and ended up sideways. He would have been just fine, but he let off the brakes before he stopped. His car went forward and hit the center divider just hard enough to trip his fuel pump cutoff switch. His car had minimal damage, but it wasn't going to run again until it was reset by the dealer. I really love carburettors and engine driven fuel pumps!
