Once again, we're #1... but it's nothing to brag about.

Our traffic is the worst in the country.  Researchers from the Texas Transportation Institute compared gridlock around the country.

L.A. and Orange County drivers spend an average of 72 hours a year, just sitting in traffic during rush hour.  No other place in the U.S. even comes close.

We're wasting almost two full work weeks idling on freeways that are going nowhere.  Imagine if we got paid for that time.

What can we do about it?

Well, the Southern California Auto Club is calling on drivers to put some heat on the politicians up in Sacramento.  You see, our esteemed elected leaders up there have a habit of spending transportation tax money on stuff that has nothing to do with transportation.  Recently, the governor and state lawmakers approved a budget that diverts more than $1 billion dollars in transit money to other stuff.

The Auto Club has a website you can use to write to your lawmaker in Sacramento... to let them know you want highway money spent on highways.   Anything else is what you might call "highway robbery."

Link to their site, by clicking below:

www.aaa-calif.com/corpinfo/transportation.aspx