About 20 years ago, I landed at LAX, rented a car and drove out of the lot trying to find the entrance to 105.  I was visiting a cousin living in Temple City.

I took some wrong turns and was on Century Blvd, going east, into Inglewood.  After about 2-3 miles, the neighborhood began to look rundown, graffiti on buldings, etc.  I got worried and did a U-turn.  Then at about the third intersection going back, I got the red light, and was in the left lane behind another car.  

In the right lane, a car at the line was approached by two young men, who started washing the windshield and showed a placard, "window wash $10".  Then one of the men knocked at the driver's window with his hand out.  I guess the driver ignored him, and the young guy hit the window with the butt of his squeegee.

At that moment, I was praying for an LAPD cruiser to drive by.  But to my relief, the light turned green, and the car in front hit the gas and took off.  I wasn't far behind.