Of more immediate concern than violent crime to those who are not gang members is the high number of car crashes in Los Angeles. With so many people driving, accidents are bound to happen. Although an accident can happen at any time, a good rule of rule of thumb is to stay out of your car if at all possible in the early morning hours, when drunk drivers tend to hit the streets after a night out. More importantly, don’t cause an accident. It is easy to find out the rules of the road at www.dmv.com, so learn and live by them. If you do get pulled over, for anything from speeding or ignoring a stop sign to drunk driving or being involved in a hit-and-run, expect to have ‘points’ assigned to your licence. Your licence can be suspended with as little as four points acquired in a 12 month period, so be careful. In addition to seeing your insurance rates go up, you can be arrested if you are found to be at fault in an injury or fatal crash, or if you leave the scene of an accident. Best, then, not to break the law in the first place.