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The transcription is about a Lyft driver named Besat sharing his experiences driving in Los Angeles and discussing interactions with passengers regarding his Iranian background. He mentions the languages he encounters, misconceptions about Iran, humorous assumptions, cultural aspects, diffusing awkward situations, playing calming music, and explaining Persian food. Besat also talks about encountering Mexicans working in Persian restaurants and conversations about Iran with passengers. Overall, he highlights the diversity and compassion he experiences in Los Angeles. Closer to the mic, closer to the mic, like that. Okay. It might not even be working. Yeah, it is. Yeah. Hello. Yeah, okay. Okay, so I'm just going to be very close. Besat, thank you for coming to the show and for giving us your time and speak to us about your life in Los Angeles driving a Lyft. Thank you. Can we say Lyft? Lyft or rideshare. Thank you for coming into the… I'm learning. I think I already have it. Besat. Besat. Besat. Besat. Yes. Thank you for coming to the show and for giving us your time and pretty much taking time away from your driving skills all over Los Angeles in your rideshare. Yes. Okay, so I'm going to ask you some questions about language and then you can just tell me what you know you want to learn. So, basically, how many languages do you end up listening to in a normal week of driving? Well, I think I would say at least the three main languages I hear is English, Spanish and Farsi probably because there are a lot of Iranians in the city. And once in a while I do pick up tourists, you know, especially during the summertime when it's the tourist season they speak their own languages. So, during the week I probably, I would say at least five different languages. Wow. Yeah. When people in Los Angeles hear you're from Iran and you make it very evident, you have your flag in your car. Yes. What's your first reaction and how wrong are they usually? Well, their first reaction especially with everything going on right now in the world with the war in Iran and everything, their first reaction is they ask what do you think about everything that's going on right now, you know. And I would say in L.A. because it's a very diverse city, they have, they're not actually that wrong but they acknowledge that they're not aware as much of the situation. So, they do ask, they do mention the fact that they're not, they don't know fully what's going on there and they want me to explain for them. So, I think a small percentage they may be wrong, you know, they have their own ideas, you know, that they would like to, they like to like take their own side and they want me to agree with them or not agree. So, I always stay neutral, you know, in that position but they're usually not wrong but they just don't know really, they don't have the knowledge what's really going on. Okay, that's nice. What's the funniest assumption a passenger has ever made about you because of your accent or name? Funniest assumption is, I would say, they can never guess actually I'm from Iran. They can never guess, even Iranians. So, to me that's funny. You know, they guess I'm South American or, you know, I'm from Spain, you know, sometimes from Italy but almost no one guessed that I'm from Iran except even the ones that they know, they're familiar with my name, they're from the Middle East, they think I'm from Turkey or Pakistan. For whatever reason, it's funny, they can't guess that I'm from Iran. Do you ever enjoy watching people slowly realize you're not what they expected? It's interesting to watch people realizing that they would expect, they have this imagination about an Iranian guy and based on what they've seen in the media and everywhere else and when we start a conversation, I wouldn't call it enjoy but it's interesting to me because they can't, they're quite surprised that, you know, some of them they expect completely a different person, you know, because of what they see in the media. They ask me questions and they're surprised that, oh, I didn't know like Iranians like that, I didn't know Iranian people are like this, I thought it's that or that, something else, you know, they had this, I would say, wrong imagination, majority of people, Iranian people. What part of Iranian culture do you wish more people in Los Angeles actually understood beyond the stereotypes? I think the fact that it's very family oriented, you know, that's what I would say. I think that's something also I really miss about Iran, that's the most thing I miss being here is that the family culture, that I feel like you don't see it as much here but and that's something probably what I would want people to know here. You know, I went to a bank and I was treated, I was told by an Iranian lady and I told him about you that I was going to do a podcast and, you know, maybe she knew you because she said you have family here, she said no, but I'm sure he's going to talk about family because Iranians are big on family. Yeah. So you just did. Yeah. I think it's the biggest thing, you know. Like I'm not related to him but I'm sure he's going to bring up the family. Yeah. But let's look at the bad side, if there is one. Have you ever had a passenger switch seats or tone after finding out where you're from? No, no, not in LA. I would not expect it. LA, again, I feel like I have picked up between all the rideshare apps. Wait, wait. I'll ask the question again. Where's the airport nearby? I don't know where this plane comes from, I think it comes from Burbank airport. That's very close. Yeah, it's definitely not LAX, it's probably Burbank airport. No, obviously. LA. That's where it goes. Have you ever had a passenger switch seats or tone after finding out where you're from? No, I have never experienced such thing. And I wouldn't expect it either because this is, as I said in LA, I feel like it's such a diversity. Between all the ridesharing apps, I've picked up about 19,000 people so far. 19,000? 19,000. How many years have you been doing this? Well, I've had my accounts for 10 years but some years I didn't drive it at all. I would say for the past 10 years on and off but mainly for the past three and a half years I did most of my rides. Here in Los Angeles? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. And you've never had an awkward situation? Not because when they find out I'm Iranian. What about other situations? How does your culture calm the situation down if there's an awkward situation? Or you, by default? Based on how many people I have picked up, I kind of learn how to read people's body language. And when they speak, what kind of attitude they have. Because I try to break the ice as soon as somebody comes into the car. I don't look at them as just a number. I look at them as another human being sitting in my car. Here's my 19,000! Yeah, no, I don't look at it like that. When somebody sits down, I immediately say good morning or good afternoon. I ask an open-ended question almost like, tell me about your date. I try to break the ice. If somebody responds in a short answer or they don't ask back about my date, that means they want me to stay quiet for the rest of the ride. Okay. So, the awkward rides that people want to stay quiet or they respond in a rude way, I kind of diffuse the situation. I stay quiet. You turn the volume up of the radio really loud, right? Oh, I definitely don't keep the car quiet during the awkward time because it makes it even more awkward. I have been there. It's very awkward. So, I turn the volume up definitely with the music and I almost all the time, unless I'm working at night times on the weekend, I play very slow and meditating music like handpan or piano or something or a flute. So, actually, I feel like it has an effect on the passenger too, you know. So, everybody stays calm during the ride. Okay. Do you think driving in LA is more confusing than, say, trying to explain Iranian food to Americans? No, no, it's not. People do ask because one thing people here know, one of the common things when they find out I'm Iranian, they're like, oh, I love Persian food. Even if they don't know anything about the culture, they do know Persian food because we have a lot of Persian restaurants here. And so, when I try to explain to them, I always just tell them, you know what, I honestly don't know how to explain this recipe for you in English, you know, because there are things in Farsi that we use in the recipes that I don't know how to translate. I never looked it up. So, no, it's definitely not more confusing. Do you go to a lot of Persian restaurants here? No, not lately, you know. Because I found something very, not strange, but it's very common that you can go to an Afghan restaurant or you can go to a Spanish restaurant or Irish restaurant or, you know, whatever you can think of, French. And in the kitchen, they're always Mexicans. Yeah, that is very true. In the Persian restaurants… Are there Mexicans in Persian restaurants, too? I haven't been to a Persian restaurant for a while, but I'm pretty sure there will be at least one Mexican working there. And there is, the latest Persian restaurant I went to is called Tajrish in Marinado, right? And there were Mexicans working there. And what's funny is there was a server who was Iranian. I was talking to her in Farsi. The people that worked there, they were from Mexico, and they started asking me in Farsi. So, they learned some words in Farsi. And they tried to show off. It was kind of funny. They're like, you know, in Farsi, they would say, do you want one? Like, yes, I do. They say in Farsi, I laugh. It was pretty funny. It's like, yeah, yeah, all right, all right. What's the most ridiculous geography lesson you've had to give in your own car? Probably about Iran, because obviously when people find out I'm from Iran, a lot of conversation starts. It's actually my conversation starter. Especially those things you saw I have there. Especially during the war, you know. They're like, oh. Yeah, they immediately. The enemy. Actually, no, a lot of them have compassion. They're like, oh, I hope everybody's okay there, you know. Yeah. I personally think these kind of comments, I only get it in L.A. I think there are a lot of parts of the U.S., they may think like that. But in L.A., I see nothing but compassion. Hey, I hope your family is okay. That's the most common thing I hear. Is your family still there? Are they okay? Okay, I'm happy to hear. And they may want to open up a little bit, ask about the situation. You know, what I think. Are people in Iran happy about this or not? But the geography lesson is nothing too ridiculous. It doesn't happen often. But when they find out I'm from Iran, I've had people make comments. Oh, yeah, I had to mention so many countries around it until they find out where Iran is. But I've only met a handful of people that I had to do that geography for them. Speaking of geography, what's a place in Iran you always end up describing with way too much passion to your passengers? I definitely know exactly where that is. My dad had this big land in the middle of the mountain, where we grew up. It's called in Farsi, Char Khanah. It sounds funny when you translate it, but Char means four, Khanah means home. So, four homes. I don't know why they call it that. Number four? Yeah, number four. Four homes. And it was very isolated. My dad still has that place. But he built this little cabin with very difficulties. Because he had to build a road to get there. I mean, there was a little bit of dirt road, but we get flooding, takes the road away. He had to build a road? Like a dirt road, you know, that was going there. There was a road, but it was broken. It was not fully developed. So, sometimes we had flooding that would take part of the road. I remember we used to take a bus as a family when we used to go there. When the bus was driving, because there was a big dip and the bus could flip, they would tell us to get out of the bus, let us pass this, and then you can walk further and get in the bus again. But that place, I speak about it with so much passion, because I always tell people the most peaceful place in Iran, when I was there, was that place. There was no electricity, there was no phone, and the only water we had was spring water that was coming straight out of the ground. But it was frozen. During winter, we had to get the snow and melt it on the fire. So, it was such a memorable experience for me every single time there. Interesting. Back to L.A., what's the most chaotic or funny ride you've had in Los Angeles so far? Wait. I don't know if you want to talk about your dad's scene. Oh, nothing about the crime. I don't know. I don't care. I don't have to mention the exact thing. I don't care either. Is it chaotic or funny? I'm trying to think. The chaotic one is probably being in a... Or odd. Actually, it's a little funny story. Funny and... Let me know when you're ready. I think we're ready. So, I do have... Again, because I've picked up so many people, it's hard to think. Even though I haven't had many incidents with people in the car that was either chaotic or funny. But there was one guy I picked up in Santa Monica. Even though I try to avoid working late on the weekends, because I don't want to pick up drunk people. Maybe they're not behaving well, or they vomit in the car or something. I want to avoid that. I don't want to be good at that time. So, I called at night around 10 p.m. or something. And I picked up this guy. I remember it wasn't late. He looked normal, but he sat in the car. And he was very drunk. I had to drive him to Woodland Hills. So, I had to go to Topanga Canyon. All the whiny roads. Oh, my God. It's whiny and... Whiny, dark, nobody at night time there. So, this guy started talking about some... This is crazy. He started talking about how mad he is at people. And some people in friends, family, some people knew. And then, he mentioned something that, Oh, I would... Somebody want to mess with me or this and that, I would kill him. He would say something like this. And for me, what I've learned based on my experience, I don't want to trigger someone like that. So, I confirmed with him by nodding my head. I don't want to argue with this person. And he was really drunk. So, I was a little bit afraid, but also not afraid. Because he was drunk talking, you know. And then, right before we get to Topanga, as I'm going up, he made this comment. That, you know, good thing you're my driver. You're taking me home. Because if I don't like you, I can just kill you. And nobody knows who killed you. He said something like that. And I'm like, yeah, you're right. You just said that. And I went through the whiny road. And I was a little afraid. And when he made that comment, but he was really drunk. So, I didn't think he could do anything. Even if he wanted to. He was that drunk. As I went through the dark whiny road, he said, Oh, he didn't say anything. I just started hearing some snorting. Oh. So, it was actually funny to me. Because I started kind of laughing to myself. I was driving so slow through the whiny road to make sure he doesn't flip over and wakes up. So, I drove very, very slowly into Bangor Road to get him to where I was. Like a ticking bomb. Yeah. He's very careful. Yeah. So, I was very cautious with him. And then, yeah, I dropped him off. I was like, man, time to go home. I'm done. Have you ever had a passenger who thought you didn't understand English and later regretted it? No, no. Not, no. I never had an experience like that. Okay. What's the most only in L.A. moment you've experienced as a driver? That exact wording, only in L.A. I had this conversation with my friend. We were having drinks at a rooftop in Venice. And this was just two days ago. Really? And we saw a rescue helicopter right on the beach picking somebody up. Or it was like a, you know, there was like a scene going on. And there was a helicopter involved and everything. And then we were like, wow, what's going on there? And she said the same thing. She was like, only in L.A., you know? And the reason I say that is because that's what I see in L.A. Only in L.A. I'm like, man, only in L.A. where I see all these, unfortunately, crimes. Right. And everything going on. This is something I've ever seen in any city in my entire life. That everywhere I drive, just two days ago I had another incident of somebody getting stabbed in front of me. Wow. Yeah. I had another incident two months ago. Somebody got shot. You know, there's so many things. There's so many people, you know, unfortunately, which I have so much compassion for them because I don't know what they went through in their life. Right. So I try to avoid, you know, getting close to them. But I've had homeless people jumping in front of the car. One of them tried to open any car, tried to fight them, so I had to in a very slowly, I had to back up in the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard because these are things I only see in L.A., you know. I tell people when they see in the car, especially tourists, when they ask questions about L.A., I'm like, man, L.A. is the most eventful city I've seen. There's good, bad. You know, we've got concerts, we've got games, we've got so many things going on here and we've got so many crimes. You know, good and bad. It's like the most eventful city. Never a boring day. If your car could vote on where to go next, which country would it pick? Somewhere I always wanted to visit is Iceland. Iceland? Yeah. I would love to just take my car there and just drive all over the island there, you know. Exactly. What's a place that you visited that completely changed how you see people or yourself? And this is beyond Los Angeles. I know you've been telling me that you've traveled to many places in the world. No answer, we can just skip it. Okay. What's the weirdest conversation you had while stuck in L.A. traffic? I'll skip the Iran. I don't know about Iran. What's the weirdest conversation you had while stuck in L.A. traffic? I can't recall the exact conversation, but to be honest, when you sit in that car, you know, two people, it happens a lot where I connect with the person in the car. You know, we talk, you know, they talk deep about their personal life. And to me, it's pretty amazing. We connect very well, you know, like, actually, I don't know. I want to skip this one. Okay. Yeah, I don't, I can't think of. That's fine. That's why I have that many. Yeah. What's your favorite story from your early days in the U.S. when everything felt confusing but funny? I think confusing and funny both. Funny now, confusing back then. Exactly. Hold on, hold on. I'm trying to think here. You have one? Yeah, I mean, everything. Like, confusing because I didn't know what a credit card is. Somebody gave me a credit card and I spent it, I didn't even pay it. I didn't understand why I was getting a credit card, you know. And I messed up my credit for a while. Really? Yeah, you just reminded me of one. Okay. What's your favorite story from your early days in the U.S. when everything felt confusing but funny now? Yeah, so definitely confusing back then. And when I think of it right now when I came to the U.S. I went to the banks and often bank accounts and I had, you know, and my English wasn't good so they tried to give me this credit card. And I got a credit card I didn't know what credit limit it is or anything so I would go out drinking and I swipe it until it reaches its limit and I didn't pay it back so it was, you know, my credit got messed up and everything. I had no idea what I was doing. I was like, oh wow. And I remember actually the banker she was doing her best to explain to me this is $500 for you, for you. And I was like, really? For me? So I just went and used it. Later on I found out, wow, this is how you get to pay this back. Yeah, you know what? There was a friend of mine who didn't understand there was a friend of mine let's speak there was a friend of mine who would say on the street X-I-N-G you know, what does it mean? Crossing. But she somehow thought it was like Chinese people. Very Chinese language? No, it was like Chinese it's like, why do they say Chinese on the road? It's like, no, it's cross X-I-N-G It was odd. It was one of those like, you know, when they come here and they don't know what's going on. Oh yeah, there's so many things I didn't know what's going on. That was just one story, you know. There's so many things that What do you miss most about Iran that no amount of L.A. convenience can replace? Beyond family. I don't know. It's kind of different, you know. I'm doing an interview. Oh, sorry. I'm leaving right now and I wanted to tell you that you know Yes, I just wash the glasses and I'm leaving. I'm not going to the airport. It's a shame I didn't have more time to talk to you. Well, it's nice to see you. Likewise. When you leave there's a door on the first floor until it closes with a whistle. Ok. What did you tell me? I didn't have that instruction. I had it to go in but not to go out. No, you go out and when you leave the door doesn't close until it closes. Ok, thank you. You know what? The wife she refuses to learn English. Oh, really? She lives here and she keeps telling her in Spanish Learn Spanish. Like, no. Learn Spanish or English? He says learn Spanish because I'm not going to learn English. Ok, so his wife is Diego's wife and Diego's uncle. Ok. His uncle lives here. He rents a room and she says she doesn't want to learn English. Not only that she expects her to learn Spanish and she's like no, you learn English. You're in my country. So I said I've got to interview you. She's real estate half Japanese, half American Really interesting in that respect how the Japanese approach a sales situation. Ok, this is still recording? Yes. Where were we? What's more unpredictable? No, no, no, go up. Do you miss anything? There's nothing in the lake every place? Let me think for a second. You can skip. Don't worry. I don't know but what's more unpredictable? Is that worth asking? What's more predictable? Or are they traffic maybe? No, I can give a little bit of an answer for 20. Ok, let's go. Bizarre. Am I saying it right? More emphasized on the H but I don't care. Yeah, there you go. Bizarre. What's more unpredictable? What's more unpredictable? LA drivers or LA passengers? Probably more LA passengers I would say because especially after 9, 10 p.m. on the weekend hopefully the drivers are not drunk but a lot of people are. But I would say also drivers because when people sit down in my car with the passengers they tell me a lot of crazy stories about drivers and it surprises me. Like a lot of weird and awkward and dangerous or unsafe experiences with the drivers. Yeah, I hear that a lot but I'm picking up the passengers so I'm not picking up the drivers. I'm sure they have their own stories. Exactly. This is from my... When you pick up passengers from Iran you guys start talking Farsi. Yeah, as soon as I... Do you feel there is a connection because you're speaking their language? Do they feel more comfortable because of you? Do they tell you stories about other drivers? Like, oh my you picked me up because blah, blah, blah. Sometimes I pick up my experience. Sometimes I pick up senior Iranians. They get very excited that I'm from Iran. They do get very excited. Like, oh I'm glad he's an Iranian guy. This and that. But generally when I pick up Iranians they're not excited really because they match me because I'm Iranian but we definitely connect. We speak Farsi right away if they know Farsi. I picked up a lot of people who have a lot of interest to learn about Iran but they were born and raised here and their Farsi is very broken but we connect very well. They're Iranian. Their Farsi is broken but they all really want to go to Iran and see how it is. And they can't. Some do actually. I mean, here's the thing. You can go to Iran. People go. Even right now with the war so many people because the airspace is closed but they go to Turkey and they go through a 30 hour flight to other cities in Tehran or north or anywhere else. I feel like especially right now when people talk about how it is in Iran oh, I'm glad you're here. Because my mom right now she's thinking of going back. Obviously we want to keep her here because it's safer but my uncle just went back to Iran and the war becomes normal. Life goes on. You have to move on. I know. I have two translator friends who travel all over the world and they translate from wherever they are. That's the beauty of translation because you just need a PC and a Wi-Fi connection. And they visited 50, 60 countries each and to both I asked which is the country you will definitely go back to and they both said Iran. This is just beautiful. The people are amazing. And they visited 60, 50 countries. What is it about your country that you know nobody knows about and yet this is a place people tell me you should really, really go. You know, personally I didn't have a good experience in Iran. In relation to the government. Right. They bugged me. I had to go to court. They keep messing with you for no reason. For my hair one time. My hair was long. They cut it out. They didn't like it. It's just like that. Things like that. A lot of people say it's not like that anymore. It's changed a lot or whatever. But I do understand why people say that. Mesopotamia right there. It's a what? Mesopotamia. I don't know what that means. Cut this off. What is it? Mesopotamia. You know, Babylon. Oh. OK. But no. Let's just skip it. Yeah. Let's skip it. So keep going. Yes. So should I start from the beginning? No. OK. So the things that I miss personally is you kind of feel like again this feeling comes in a lot of third world countries. Here it's very structured. Everything. Sometimes you feel like a machine. You got to do everything in order. In Iran the hospitality like when you go everybody want to just take care of you. They want to feed you food. It's like they want to feed you food. They want to feed you sweets. They want to feed you tea. You know and they want to take you to places. And of course there's so much history. You go I remember there were places you passed by this 700 year old 1000 year old castle and it's like no one even looks at it. If you have something like this it will be so guarded. Here in the States. Yeah. But it's just so normal over there to see such old structures you know and buildings. There's so much you know the history the hospitality the nature the landscape. Iran one thing actually surprising a lot of people don't know about Iran when I tell them I grew up in the north by the Caspian Sea. It's very green up there. Right. They're like oh I thought it's all desert. I hear this a lot. You know I'm like no actually Iran has very different landscapes from the north. Or I remember we had school closures sometimes for multiple days because of the amount of snow in Tehran. Yeah. So people didn't think that it snows in Tehran. I think I've seen snow. I think I've seen pictures of snow. Yeah. I mean right now because of the climate it's a lot less. But yeah I remember there was so much snow and the government had to close for like a week sometimes. But what happens every once every 30 years? Like in Barcelona it snowed like wow. This was every year. Every year. Okay. Every year we had huge snow. So it gets really cold. Yeah. It gets very cold but things have changed. It's not a drought over there. It's very bad right now. You know. Yeah. The climate change is not the same. So where were you in the like that's when they miss audacity Okay. So we're saying talk about the snow. Yeah. Yeah. So or there was I remember we used to get a lot of snow in either my hometown or Tehran because I was between both places. Uh huh. And I remember the government closed the schools let's say for like three days four days you know. And when I tell people those stories they're very surprised. They think it never snows in Iran. They think of a flat desert. No greens no snow. But again I don't hear that as much and I feel like because of social media exposure from Iran people are becoming a lot more aware of what it's like out there. Right. Right. Right. If you if your if your life as a driver in the U.S. were turned into a Prince of Persia story what will your what will your special power be? You're stuck in traffic. Do you do you like oh I wish I could I wish I could just fly to my destination. That would definitely that's that's the power everybody needs in L.A. is public transportation even if I want to get around myself even if I'm not driving passengers it's it's a road trip. I've seen buses go by like you know passenger buses yeah one person empty nobody uses them and it's not like duh they should use them it's like the city's so big there's no point in taking a bus. A lot of people I pick up sometimes I pick up people from their bus station they use the city buses a lot because it's so much cheaper but I have to hold on oh three hours it takes me to get home because I have to take the bus but today I was late to get to work or I have to go home for something I have to get Uber for the rest of the ride which is a lot of money for them for them yeah yeah yeah but traffic is a huge thing in LA if your life driving if your LA driving life were a film because this is Hollywood after all will it be an action movie a dark comedy or a documentary no one will believe it's real probably a documentary no one will believe it's real I'm sure you've seen some heavy stuff I've seen a lot yeah I've seen a lot I've yeah probably yeah a documentary and people passengers that don't drive for Lyft or Uber they don't know what's going on in a driver's life and again I don't drive when real crazy things are happening in LA you know again I just I start thinking I've seen so many bad accidents a drunk driver actually almost hit me passing a red light on Venice Boulevard driving 60 65 miles an hour which Venice I think is like 35 and he crashed into three different cars and a food truck and that was one of the nights that I decided to work until after 11 and the guy spin hit three cars stopped the car is smoking and I have videos in my phone I recorded when we opened the door it was a very luxury alley we opened the doors by there after it's gone how many more do we have I think three more and we can skip it if you want oh wait one more thing when the driver crashed I just filmed it um so I still have videos in my phone when the guy crashed we went to open the door to take him out and it was a luxury Audi so the car was total but he was fully safe safe inside it's an Audi yeah and then we opened the door he had a seat all the way back sleeping we had to wake him up you know and he was literally sleeping drunk um we took him out of the car and um that was one of the nights the point I'm trying to make is that was one of the nights I decided to work late you know and I so the drivers if you make a documentary about the drivers life there's so much they see especially the ones that work late I've seen drunk driving crashes into the wall of the freeway and keep driving still you know I've seen all these kind of things so and all of them now I think I think almost all of these incidents happen at night time you know right right right right yeah I mean at least the ones that I have experience with so think the drivers that work until when the best money is on the weekend usually around 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. yeah the drivers do it until morning 5, 6 a.m. when I order a lift an Uber uh I try to talk to the drivers you know I try to you know try to brainstorm see if we can come up with some better strategy to make more money because the drivers they make the most money on the weekend they make the most money but I don't see those incidents you know but the next day you go in in the local news head on crash actually another crazy incident I was stuck getting off the exit at 2 a.m. one time uh to go home after a long day of work I was stuck for 30 minutes I couldn't even exit the exit was right there I got out of the car because the car was on the freeway we just all got out of the car there was a guy who drove the wrong side of the freeway on 10 in a head on crash and he was crushed they put a tarp on top of him you know when the cops came um it was so these things imagine I don't even see all of them because I don't work that late but the drivers if you make a documentary it's almost like sometimes I think I should carry a camera and sell the footage to the news agencies because you know I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure 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