Re “Where Six-Packs Still Ride Shotgun,” May 6: Anybody who thinks that Californians don’t drink while they are driving has never ridden a motorcycle in city traffic. Pulling up beside cars

and trucks on a motorbike gives an excellent view of the various beverages that drivers imbibe on their journeys. Not only that, but being out in the air frequently exposes a rider to the

pungent fragrance of marijuana emanating from somebody’s car. The thing that really bothers me is smelling the fresh coffee that I can’t drink while riding in to work in the morning. Michael

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