HOV lanes

ever been in a car with less than three people in it and found that you can't use the fast lane?

blame california!

oh, and start carpooling, jerk.

smug irony

Probably the easiest thing to point to that is wrong with California is the overwhelming sense of smugness that is accompanied by irony. I think a lot of those jerks would call it "wry wit".

Lets face it, do you really have to guess which state the Prius with the vanity plate that says "u (heart) my mpg" is from?