INGLEWOOD, Calif. - I've questioned the sanity of our world plenty of times in the past, but my experience while in California covering ASU's baseball series against USC tipped the scales.
Driving down Century Boulevard near the Great Western Forum here in Inglewood, my friend and I got stuck in a mess of traffic as we approached Crenshaw Boulevard.
With the time being 5 p.m., we thought nothing of the mess that surely engulfs Los Angeles traffic every day. This was until a sign on the left hand of the road read, "Sobriety Checkpoint Ahead."
At 5 p.m.? Are you joking?
That was our first thought. Maybe it's just a sign left over from last night. Nope. Fifteen minutes and nearly a mile later, I handed my driver's license to the police officer and asked him, "Is this type of thing routine for L.A.?"
"Not routine, but it's OK," the officer said.
And he's suspicious that I'm drunk?
Reach the reporter at casey.pritchard@asu.edu.
