Drag racing on Crown Valley Speedway

9:47 p.m. Two cars, southbound on Crown Valley Speedway, at Clubhouse Drive, drag racing, over 70 mph, lane drift across all three lanes, illegal exhaust systems blaring, an accident waiting to happen.

Screaming Beemer races on Golden Lantern

9:25 p.m. Black BMW northbound on Golden Lantern Speedway past St. Christopher, driving 70+ mph, blares his after-market exhaust system, lane drifts, and races onward past Chapparaosa Park Road.

Chevy truck runs a red, changes lane mid-intersection to avoid hitting a pedestrian

5:25 p.m. A gray Chevy truck, southbound on Niguel Speedway, runs a red light at Club House Drive, and changes lanes mid-intersection to avoid hitting a pedestrian in the crosswalk.

Talk on the phone and cut off a pedestrian

5:30 p.m. Woman in a white Lexus convertible turning left from Marina Hills Drive onto Niguel Speedway, with her phone to her ear, clueless that a pedestrian has the right-of-way in the crosswalk, makes her turn, oblivious to the person she nearly hits. Keeps chatting (and trying to make a turn with one hand on the wheel, the other holding her phone to her head) and speeds off on her way (and she also drives into the bike lane on Niguel Speedway immediately after her left turn).

Impala runs in the bike lane

2:15 p.m. Southbound on Crown Valley Speedway between Clubhouse Drive and National Park Drive, a man in a black Chevrolet Impala drifts fully into the bike lane five times in a quarter mile. Fortunately, no bicyclists were hit.

Driving 60 mph, crossing three lanes to make a left turn

1:20 p.m. A silver BMW 3 southbound on Alicia Speedway, the young driver is speeding, 60 mph, cutting off drivers (including an ambulance) and at the last minute cuts across three lanes of traffic to get into the left turn lane at Kite Hill.

Driving slow, texting fast

11 a.m. A gray-green Toyota Corolla, southbound on Alicia Speedway between Clipper Way and Niguel Road, a woman driving slowly (40 mph) and lane drifting, while she's texting.

Escalade truck changes lanes four times in half a mile

10:30 a.m. A white Escalade truck, southbound on Alicia Speedway, between Avila Road and Aliso Creek Road, decides to cut-off everybody, making four lane changes without using his directional signal, gunning his classy caddy truck faster than 55 mph. He gets to the red light at Aliso Creek Road, as do all of us whom he has cut-off. I'm sure all those moves were worth it to him, to simply wait at the light with those of us who traveled the same road.

The light turned green and he sped off at over 60 mph on Alicia Speedway south of Aliso Creek.  

A Quest on a quest to get somewhere too fast

9:15 a.m. A gray Nissan Quest minivan northbound on Paseo de la Colinas at Loma Linda (a woman driver with a few small kids in the minivan) was driving faster than 50 mph, phone to her ear, and had difficulty staying within her own lane.

Black BMW and White Honda battle it out

11:27 p.m. A black BWM loaded with illegal aftermarket exhaust systems, is racing with a white Honda, that is also loaded with a rear stabilizer wing and aftermarket exhaust, are violating noise ordinances, drag racing from a racing start northbound at Clubhouse and Crown Valley Speedway, and exceed 80+ mph by the time they get to Paseo del Niguel.

This is a stretch of speedway where cars have crashed through the block walls, endangering the residents below the speedway, spinning out across the median, and people have died.

Poorly designed roads encourage speeding and allow for bad driving behavior. Crown Valley Speedway was four lanes, and handled just as much through traffic, before they added two more lanes within the same street width, allowing for more lane drift, more swerving, and the perception that increased speeds, were safer? It's a case of extremely poor road design based on outdated models that allow for county and state funding resources, and old thinking from the 1960s and 70s. The current "nearing retirement age" traffic engineers are still using "models of efficiency" their professors learned in school in the 1940s and 50s in the hopes of creating a modern and dynamic future. Fast traffic models should not dictate the design of a bedroom community. Will it take another 20 years for engineers to wake up?

Racing cars and motorcycles all night long along the Laguna Niguel Speedways disrupt the sleep patterns of thousands of residents. Perhaps city officials and traffic engineers need to camp overnight along our "safe" speedways and get a taste of what real life here is like. Having cars driving 60+ mph less than 40 feet from houses is unnecessary and absurd. [Thank you to residents along both sides of CV Speedway for this information tonight].

Running a red at Golden Lantern Speedway

6:10 p.m. A gray Chrysler sedan runs a red light northbound on Golden Lantern Speedway at Bear Brand Road.

"Hello? ... I'm running a red with my top down"

1 p.m. Northbound on Crown Valley Speedway, a woman in a white Mercedes convertible, top down, with her phone to her head, runs a red light as she makes a left turn onto Niguel Road Speedway. The three cars headed southbound on Crown Valley Speedway have to stop in the middle of the intersection to avoid a crash. She cruises through obliviously, ... or she doesn't give a darn.

I'm in a hurry. I'll pass you by driving into opposing traffic.

9:35 a.m. Westbound on Clubhouse Drive, a car is slowing to turn right into Crest d'Ville, and the gray Chevrolet truck behind is impatient, passes the car turning right by moving into the opposing traffic lane into the path of an oncoming car. The oncoming car has to swerve into the El Niguel Heights entrance to avoid a frontal collision. The gray Chevy speeds on down the hill to Niguel Road.

Silver Beemer runs a red onto La Paz Speedway

2:15 p.m. A low-slung small silver BMW with two young men in it, westbound on Aliso Creek Speedway, the driver chooses not to stop at a red light as they turn right onto La Paz Speedway, forcing a driver properly crossing the intersection southbound on La Paz Speedway to hit his brakes mid-intersection to let the young men speed along their journey, at more that 60+ mph following their illegal turn.

Prius cuts off a baby stroller

11:30 a.m. Northbound on Crown Valley Speedway, turning right onto Golden Lantern Speedway, a burgundy Prius chooses not to stop for a father pushing his children in a double stroller even though the dad has a "walk" signal. Dad has to stop in the crosswalk to let the Prius driver make her right turn.

I'll hit the curb while I check my phone

10:35 a.m. Northbound on La Paz Speedway, opposite the old city hall buildings, a gray Ford Escape drifts from the middle lane, through the right lane, through the bike lane, hits the curb, swerves back into the right lane. Luckily, she didn't drop her phone while she was texting.

I've gotta get my coffee; get outta my way!

8:15 a.m. Northbound on Crown Valley Speedway, driver is stopped on the red to turn right into the shopping center at Alicia Parkway. The woman behind him starts honking, drives around him, and speeds to her parking spot. Both drivers end up in Starbucks. The gentleman who was turning right asks her if there was a problem and why was she honking at him; she says that she was tired of waiting behind someone who stops at red lights to make a right turn and that she has to get her coffee and get to work and he needs to get out of her way. Pre-caffeinated rudeness to the extreme, both in and out of her car.

Speeding motorcyles, a constant occurrence

6:45 p.m. Moulton Speedway, Crown Valley Speedway, Del Avion Speedway, and Highlands Speedway ... in a fifteen minute period, we received reports from all these areas of motorcycles racing, violating noise ordinances, and cutting between cars on the lane lines. Wow, must be something in the air tonight (besides the screaming engines).

Land Rover roving across lanes on Moulton Speedway

1:10 p.m. A woman in a large greenish Land Rover southbound on Moulton Speedway at Aliso Creek Road was driving at least 60 mph, slot-car style (meaning, she was straddling the dotted lines) as she drifted back-and-forth between two lanes. Why? She had her phone to her ear, and she was smoking (not that we care about that), but with both hands occupied she was likely steering with her knees. I honked at her to wake her up, since she almost hit me, and she gave me the finger.

Royally speeding at Kings Road

2:25 p.m. A woman in a Saturn Vue was northbound on La Paz Speedway at Kings Road at 60 mph. On her rear window was a pink sticker: Princess in Car.

Motorcycle on Alicia Speedway races at 80+ mph

3:02 p.m. Northbound on Alicia Speedway, north of Kite Hill South, a motorcycle races, eventually getting to more than 80 mph weaving through all three lanes, cutting off cars ... even driving between two cars along the lane divider just so he can tear ahead. And he's violating noise violations. What else is new on this peaceful Sunday?

Pimped-out Accord lane drifts at 70+ mph west on Moulton Speedway past Rancho Niguel

11:31 p.m. It's so cool to pimp-out a little Honda Accord with spinning rims and LED lights under the running boards. And even better to screech away from the intersection heading west from Crown Valley Speedway on Moulton Speedway past Rancho Niguel Road. Sane residents: please don't stand, park, or walk past that intersection. Bad things happen when street designs encourage speeding and risky driving, as the streets in this city do. And what's been done (or even proposed) by the city to make intersections safer in Laguna Niguel since the tragedy there? Let us know.

Pair of drag racing cars on Crown Valley Speedway and Laguna Woods

11:25 p.m. South of Clubhouse Drive on Crown Valley Speedway, two drag racers try to see who is the biggest idiot as they scream south past Laguna Woods Drive down to Del Avion at likely nearly 80+ mph. The City of Laguna Niguel and Orange County Sheriff: Would you please fix things around here?

Running two reds at Marina Hills Speedway

6:10 p.m. A gray Chrysler 300, northbound on Golden Lantern Speedway, speeds to turn left onto Marina Hills Speedway, runs the red light. The driver then floors it, his illegal exhaust system annoying the residents who live near the Marina Hills Speedway. He then ran a red—again!—making a left at Marina Hills Speedway and Niguel Road Speedway. Running red lights twice in a minute—the roads are neither safe nor sane here.

The battling white Mercedes at CV Speedway and La Paz

2:20 p.m. A white Mercedes coupe, southbound at Crown Valley Speedway at La Paz, slows on a yellow light in order to make a right turn onto La Paz. The white Mercedes sedan behind him starts honking, then quickly swerves into the next lane, still honking, accelerates, passing the Mercedes coupe (which has now stopped at the red light before making the turn). The guy in the sedan gives the law-abiding driver in the coupe the finger, and the idiot in the sedan runs through the red light.

There is so much rudeness on the roads here. People think they are so important that laws (and politeness) mean nothing. Anybody who speeds and is rude is not as important as they think they are, because if you are important, the meeting will wait to start until you get there, even if you are one minute late.

Beacon Hill Way and Niguel Road: +70 mph banshee

3:56 p.m. Red Porsche southbound on Niguel Road Speedway near Beacon Hill Way, at more than 70 mph, lane drifting as if there are no lane markers.

Driving dog speeding on Crown Valley

11:00 a.m. An older gentleman in a gray Chrysler driving north in the left lane of Crown Valley Speedway at Nueva Vista, had his small fluffy dog standing in his lap, the dog's paws draped over the top of the steering wheel, and driving faster than 55 mph in a 45 mph zone. That will not be a pretty sight when his air bag opens. Doggone.

Drag racing at Crown Valley Speedway wakes up residents, but never wakes up city officials

11:27 p.m. A black BWM loaded with illegal aftermarket exhaust systems, is racing with a white Honda, that is also loaded with a rear stabilizer wing and aftermarket exhaust, are violating noise ordinances, drag racing from a racing start northbound at Clubhouse and Crown Valley Speedway, and exceed 80+ mph by the time they get to Paseo del Niguel.

This is a stretch of speedway where cars have crashed through the block walls, endangering the residents below the speedway, spinning out across the median, and people have died.

These streets are designed primarily for speed and allow for bad driving behavior. Does anyone realize that Crown Valley Speedway was four lanes, and handled just as much through traffic, before they added two more lanes allowing for more lane drift, more swerving, and the perception that increased speeds were safer (Note: didn't the additional lanes also increase funding to the city coffers from the county and state)? It's a case of extremely bad road design based on outdated models and old thinking from the 1960s and 70s. The current "nearing retirement age" traffic engineers are still using models their professors learned in school in the 1940s. Will it take another 20 years for engineers to wake up?

Racing cars and motorcycles all night long along the Laguna Niguel Speedways disrupt the sleep patterns of thousands of residents. City officials and traffic engineers need to camp overnight along our "safe" speedways and get a taste of what real life here is like. Having cars driving 60+ mph within 40 feet of houses is absurd. [Thank you to residents above and below CV Speedway for this information tonight].

It's a holiday ... and the motorcycles are screaming

2:45 p.m. It's a been a day of screaming motorcycles, exceeding the speed limits, sometimes at 75+ mph, and violating the noise ordinance. Today we've gotten reports from all along Crown Valley, Golden Lantern, Moulton, Niguel, Alicia, and La Paz Speedways. It never ends; a typical dangerously offensive day in Laguna Niguel. Is no one working to enforce the law on Labor Day?

Truck spews smoke and floors it

11:40 a.m. A jacked-up black pick-up truck was sitting behind cars turning left at Moulton Speedway and Rancho Niguel, then he swerves in the next lane, floors it, spewing black smoke and screaming his illegal after-market exhaust system [noise violation] to race to the next traffic light. That's a smart move, to move less than 100 yards.