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TL;dr: another driver claimed I hit-and-ran, and then threatened to call the police on me. When I said go for it, they drove off.

Today at around 3:00pm I was driving westbound on Olympic Blvd, having just passed Century City. As I stopped at the Beverly Glen light, a car pulled up next to me honking. I figured it was a lost tourist or something.

But the guy started yelling at me, first asking if I was ok (almost like asking if I was mentally ok?), and then claiming I hit him. I said you’ve got the wrong guy, but he kept shouting, saying he got my plate and was calling the police. There was a female passenger who was on the phone, but she didn’t say anything. He also was yelling “I got kids in the car”, but I didn’t see any kids…

So I asked what intersection it happened at and he couldn’t tell me. He said “back there”. I asked if he had a dash cam and he said no.

So I said “I don’t know what kind of scam you’re trying to pull, but you picked the wrong guy.” He said “scam??” in that very defensive, high-pitched feigned shock that made me convinced this guy was up to something shady.

Then he again cursed at me, told me I was breaking the law, repeated my license plate number to the passenger, and said he was calling the cops. I said “go for it.” Then… he cut over two lanes and took off northbound on Beverly Glen.

I was headed to a spot near the West LA police station, so had he stuck around, I would’ve told him to just follow me there and we’ll let them sort it out.

When I parked, I did check my car to make sure I wasn’t losing my mind. I have a couple of dents and scrapes that have never been fixed, but absolutely nothing recent. And at the fear I was losing my sanity, I also checked the Citizen and PulsePoint apps to see if any accidents were reported along Olympic, but didn’t see anything.

I’m ~70% sure this was a scam. I got the feeling he was hoping I would immediately tell him to pull over and get out of my car. Then… idk, extort me, rob me, something.

29% chance someone did hit him and he mistook them for me.

1% chance that he really thought I hit him… even though there was absolutely no damage and I didn’t notice it.

But my spidey-sense tells me scam of some sort. Just not sure what. His driver side door was dented, so I’m wondering if he was looking for an easy target, and my old shitty car was a good one?

Driver was 30s Latino man, passenger was 30s Latina woman. Driving late model grey Honda Accord. I did grab their plate number.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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Hello!

I'm doing a personal historical research project about everyday life in the Los Angeles area around 1990, and I'm particularly interested in the details that don't usually make it into newspapers or history books.

For anyone who lived, went to school, worked, or regularly hung out in Beverly Hills around 1988–1996, what do you remember?

I'm especially curious about things like:

• 1 . What was dating and romance like back then? How did people usually meet, flirt, ask each other out, and stay in touch?
• 2. Where did teenagers and young adults usually hang out after school and on weekends?
• 3. What restaurants, stores, malls, cafés, parking lots, clubs, or other meeting spots were popular?
• 4. What was Rodeo Drive and the Golden Triangle actually like around 1990? Was it somewhere locals/teenagers regularly went, or mostly associated with tourists and wealthy adults?
• 5. What was Beverly Hills High School culture like? Were there distinct cliques or social groups? What kind of school gossip or rumors were common, without naming private individuals?
• 6. Were there rivalries with other local schools or neighborhoods?
• Which parts of Beverly Hills were considered especially wealthy or prestigious, and were there noticeable differences between different parts of the city?
• 7. Were there nearby areas that teenagers considered rough, sketchy, or places they tended to avoid?
• 8. How different did places like West Hollywood, West LA, Century City, Bel Air, Brentwood, Hollywood, etc. feel socially?
• 9. What music, radio stations, clothes, cars, and brands were actually popular locally?
• 10. What did a typical Friday or Saturday night look like?
• 11. Without cell phones, how did teenagers make plans and find each other?
• 12. Were house parties common? Where did people usually go to parties or meet people?
• 13. Were there particular local businesses, hangouts, or characters that everyone seemed to know?
• 14. How accurate is the stereotypical image of wealthy Beverly Hills teenagers in the late '80s/early '90s? What did movies and TV get right or completely wrong?
• 15. What has disappeared from Beverly Hills that someone visiting today would never know existed?

If possible, please mention roughly what year(s) you're remembering and how old you were at the time. Even small or mundane details are useful.

I'm particularly interested in small, mundane details — the kind of things you remember from actually being there rather than things I could find on Wikipedia.

Different experiences and even contradictory memories are welcome. I'm trying to understand what Beverly Hills actually felt like to different people around that period.

Thanks! :)