Road rules. (The Roving Eye).Not getting enough of L.A. freeways during your commute? The L.A. Freeway Game makes it possible to keep the action going outside of the car. David Rizzo, better known as "Dr. Roadmap," has created a game based on the local freeway system--complete with all the usual obstacles, such as Sig Alerts SIG Alert Sigmon Traffic Alert (Lloyd Sigmon) , road construction and highway patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers. Instead of a game board, players move their cars along a roadmap that includes several L.A. freeway interchanges. The goal is to make it from your starting destination to L.A. City Hall. To slow down their opponents, players may pull people over and make them answer questions about the state's traffic laws. Rizzo, an L.A. native, says he was inspired to create the game while working as a traffic reporter for KABC-AM (790). He would often propose alternate routes An official alternate route is a bannered highway that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. Originally, the term for these routes was "optional"; but in 1959, the designation became alternate. to help drivers avoid traffic jams but realized many of them don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. enough about the freeway system to make use of such information. "People really got wigged out with the interchanges," Rizzo said. "If they play this game, they're going to see the relation of the freeways in their mind and they will be able to see what the signs are saying." Rizzo began discovering alternate routes throughout the area while working as a podiatrist Podiatrist A physician who specializes in the medical care and treatment of the human foot. Mentioned in: Shin Splints podiatrist and making house calls. He shares some of his secrets in "Freeway Alternates," a guide to commuting in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, without using freeways. The game sells for $19.95 on his Web site, DrRoadmap.com, but Rizzo doesn't expect to make much money off it--and he says that's fine because he's "having so much fun." "I love driving around L.A.," Rizzo said. "I'm one of the few people who looks forward to it. I must be nuts." |
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