the mercedes crosses melrose, going into hollywood. the town is all done up with posters and banners. at the complex intersection where highland ends at the 101, javal bears to the right, toward the south on-ramp. javal rides against traffic down the cahuenga on-ramp, then jumps the divider, runs the light crossing highland, and gets into the southbound lanes. speeding up, carson precariously cuts in between traffic. in the geo, javal drives out onto highland. he muscles his way through traffic, then cuts across to franklin.