Was that 405 or 4 or 5?

The I405 runs through the West of Los Angeles metro basically from the top to the bottom. It joins I5 both North of LA and South of LA, but runs through the populated part of the city while I5 runs, well, through the other populated part of the city on the East side. Here we are, somewhere in the San Fernando hills.

This isn't the greatest picture in the world, as it's taken through the windshield of the car (which is covered in bugs). Notice how there is no blur in the tires of the vehicles around us? That's not because we have a really good camera. No, that's because nobody is actually moving.

The local joke is not that it's the 405 (I.e. four-oh-five). Rather, it's the 4 or 5; as in the number of hours it will take you to get anywhere, on it. Thankfully, we don't have to spend a lot of time on the Interstate highways.