Q: Honk: A reader recently told you about Bluetooth dropouts along the 405 Freeway near Beach Boulevard. Exactly the same thing happens to me when I drive in that area. I listen to Apple Carplay for music, and there’s always a dropout as I pass Beach. Every time. It reconnects quickly, but your reader is not alone. I stopped at Old World Village yesterday to pick up some Oktoberfest food, and Carplay stopped working as I was exiting.

– Frank Parth, Mission Viejo

A: Villa Park’s James Nissenberg brought the problem to the attention of Honk, and two weeks ago the self-proclaimed roads scholar explained here that the Orange County Transportation Authority said the company that maintains the high-resolution cameras and license-plate readers for the 23-month-old 405 Express Lanes explain

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