[ProtectOurFreedom]

In 1964, Alexander was a newly minted teenage driver, many freeways had just been built and he got a job as a clown in the L.A. City Traveling Circus, performing at city parks from the San Fernando Valley to the port cities. “We were truly able to ride the speed limit at any time of the day,” he said.

Wow, I got to CA in '73 and worked extensively in LA '73 to '76. I remember living in Westwood near Pasadena and taking a girl out in Laguna Beach, about 60 miles away. I was headed home one Saturday night and traffic was crawling about 15 mph at 2 AM!

I find it hard to believe that he could "ride the speed limit at any time of the day." LA freeways were always clogged from the 50s.

My wife and I went 90 miles from the San Fran Peninsula to near Modesto last Saturday. Horrible traffic everywhere!

[MCF]

I’ve never been to LA but, I remember jokes about the terrible traffic and smog were standard fare of comics in the 60’s.