Happy Halloween! Cut off pedestrians in the crosswalk!

6:15 p.m. A woman in a black Audi convertible making a right turn from Greenfield onto Crown Valley Speedway doesn't care about the pedestrians and bicyclist crossing Crown Valley in the crosswalk with walk signal. She cuts them off and speeds away. Possibly she's on a sugar rush and has to get home to stir her cauldron.

Driving the wrong direction on Crown Valley Speedway

6 p.m. A man exits the Chevron station at the corner of Crown Valley Speedway and Niguel Speedway headed south in the northbound lanes so that he can drive to the office building driveway just south of the Chevron station.

Am I towing your car, or are you just riding me hard?

11:45 a.m. A woman in a white Audi SUV, northbound on Crown Valley Speedway starting at Niguel Road, is changing lanes constantly, and hanging on the bumper of everyone ahead of her. She's literally no more than 8-feet behind anyone. It really looks like she's being towed by the car ahead of her, she's that close. And, she has her phone to her head. And two children in the car.

Crown Valley Speedway: South Orange County's Drag Race Headquarters

10:15 p.m. A black Dodge Challenger loaded with after-market bling, squeals away from the intersection of Del Avion northbound on Crown Valley Speedway, burning so much rubber it looks as if the thing is on fire, and screams away, eventually hitting 80 mph as far as we can see (and hear).

We've heard that some of the car customizers in Irvine actually bring their cars to Laguna Niguel in the evenings to test things (speeding, violating noise ordinances, etc.) because enforcement is stricter in Irvine than in Laguna Niguel and during the past few years Irvine has been modifying their road designs to slow down illegal and dangerous speeding. Irvine realized long ago that their suburban road designs of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s were outdated and needed to change in the 21st century. The city of Laguna Niguel has some things to learn from Irvine.

Wide streets and lots of lanes to drift through

7:30 a.m. A young man in blue Mustang northbound on La Paz Speedway north of Avila Road lane drifts, no turn signals, cutting off other drivers (who have to constantly brake) as he speeds to Pacific Park.

Motorcyclist hits 70 mph on Crown Valley Speedway

3:12 p.m. A motorcyclist northbound on Crown Valley Speedway, lane drifts and speeds (and is in violation of the noise ordinances) at over 70 mph past Clubhouse Drive toward Hillhurst. I hope he is still racing by the time someone at city hall can see him from their window so they get a view of the truth on the streets here.

Running a true red ... not a yellow-red, on La Paz Speedway

12:40 p.m. A young woman in gold/tan Chevrolet Aveo southbound on La Paz Speedway runs a true red light at Avila Road, three full seconds after the light has changed. Four cars are sitting at the red on La Paz, fully stopped, when she goes through the light; the cars eastbound at Avila have to stop, on their green light, to avoid being T-boned by this gal.

Perhaps driving with the top down contributes to running red lights?

10:40 a.m. Two women in a white Audi convertible, perhaps blinded by the sunlight, northbound on Crown Valley Speedway run a red light making the left turn onto Greenfield. Then, the driver runs the red light northbound on Greenfield making the left turn onto the Toll Road entrance. She must think that red lights do not apply to her. Thank goodness that the drivers who had to stop to allow her to run her red lights are better drivers than she is.

Watch me drift as I use my cell

7:25 a.m. A woman in a white Lexus, southbound on Alicia Speedway at Highlands has her phone to her head and is lane-drifting across traffic. Must be an interesting conversation.

"I'm running a red because my impatience is more important than your safety"

6:10 pm. A woman in a white BMW SUV runs the red light making a left turn northbound on Crown Valley Speedway at Alicia Speedway. This happens frequently at that intersection. During the week, I hope someone from the city is watching things at this intersection from the comfort of their new offices.

Crosswalks here are not safe

5:15 pm. As always, walking the speedways in Laguna Niguel is risky. Two pedestrians crossing Niguel Speedway and Marina Hills are nearly hit by a teen driver making a left turn in a gray Nissan Maxima. The car in one of the lanes  properly stopped, but the teen and his girlfriend sped through the crosswalk within feet of the two pedestrians, who had the right-of-way. This problem is constant. No wonder pedestrians avoid the speedways here. How lovely to live in city where walking is unpleasant ... and a danger.

Dog Days of Summer?

9:20 a.m. What is it with people around here letting their little dogs drive the car? In a five minute drive from Del Avion to Aliso Creek, there were four people driving poorly because their little dogs were sitting in their laps. On Crown Valley Speedway at Niguel Road, a woman was on her phone and had her dog in her lap, and she was lane drifting; on La Paz Speedway at Aliso Creek, a woman ran a red making a right, her little pooch staring out the driver's window; on La Paz Speedway at Avila, a woman and her driving dog cuts off two drivers without using her signal; and turning left from Aliso Creek to Alicia Parkway, a woman sits at the green light, unable to move while she clambers around the back seat reaching for her fluffy pooch, she finally gets the dog into her lap, but by that time, the light has turned red.

Rainy day crazy 2: Don't stop for a school bus

8:15 a.m. A morning of light rain obscures vision? Westbound on Clubhouse Drive at Crest d'Ville, the school bus is loading the kids, its stop sign extended to traffic, but that does not mean anything to the white BMW sedan with a driver, speeding faster than 35 mph (the posted speed limit), who passes the bus. Likely the bus driver noted the license plate of the offender, and no kids were hit.

Rainy day crazy: Walking to school is dangerous

7:45 a.m. A day of light rain means a day of heavy driving. Maybe people can't see out of their windshield because of the raindrops? Northbound on Alicia Speedway, a black Hummer is making a left turn onto Clipper Way, waits for the cars but likely doesn't see the pedestrian crossing the street and nearly hits the boy walking to his bus stop.

Driving the wrong way and an illegal U

11:15 a.m. A black Jeep exits the parking lot at the Walgreens on La Paz Speedway, and enters the left turn pocket lane (a dedicated, curbed lane) going the wrong direction, then drives northbound in the southbound lane of La Paz and makes a U-turn in order to head southbound on La Paz.

He should have simply exited the driveway, driven to the next left-turn pocket (about 50 yards away) and made a legal U-turn. Had another driver legally entered the curbed left-turn pocket while this guy was making his move, there would have been no way to avoid a collision.

Drag racing motorcycles on Crown Valley Speedway at Del Avion

5:52 p.m. A pair of motorcycles northbound on Crown Valley Speedway tear away from the traffic light at Del Avion and hit speeds exceeding 75 mph.

Saturday morning test tracks for motorcyclists

11 a.m. We received over 20 reports of speeding motorcycles (some at over 80 mph) along with extreme noise violations from the cycles. This is very typical on the speedways in Laguna Niguel on Saturday mornings when motorcyclists use the speedways during the slower traffic times to test their bikes (and their skills) by turning our streets in test tracks. Reports today between 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. from Crown Valley, Golden Lantern, Niguel, Moulton, La Paz, and Alicia speedways.