This driver could pull off a mean donut but can’t drive under pressure to save his life.
This Camaro ZL1 driver is probably hiding from shame after he ran from an LASD -Montrose Search and Rescue team and crashed minutes after his getaway. Youtube user Yuting was driving on Angeles Crest Highway earlier in March, pulled off on a lookout to avoid getting hit by this Camaro turning his rear tires into smoke, and also captured the incriminating moment the Camaro ZL1 fled instead of facing the music.
Check out his dashcam footage via a mirror below.
Angeles Crest Highway, A.K.A. Highway 2, is a popular 66-mile twisty bit of road that runs between the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area near Burbank to Victorville in San Bernardino County. With little police presence because it’s so long and out there, it’s a popular place for young car enthusiasts and their friends to let off some steam for a drive.
Right off the bat Yuting starts his dashcam play-by-play with some a lively Vivaldi Concerto.(I know it’s Vivaldi because I shazam’d it while watching.)
As mentioned, this stretch of road is littered with large patches of asphalt for cars to turn out into. It’s mainly a scenic lookout to stretch your legs, eat some food, and enjoy yourself, but it’s also a nice little burnout pad. You can see donut marks on several ACH lookouts on Google Maps.
Yuting drives by when this forest sideshow is going on and, although he says he’s parking to avoid getting hit, I think he’s just enjoying the show.
All is going well with the Camaro until local Search and Rescue arrives in their giant F-series box truck full of rescue gear. Although not police-police, LASD Montrose Search and Rescue is technically an arm of the law and has powers to cite and arrest law breakers as needed.
According to their website, ” All team members are Reserve Deputies, EMT’s and Mountain Rescue (MRA) certified. “
Their rescue truck isn’t meant to carve corners, it’s meant to provide tactical support for Search and Rescue operations. The F-series truck also probably weighs several tons more than that Camaro.
Yet, this Camaro still manages to crash. Anyone with enough cash can slap a couple thousand and get themselves a 650 HP track monster. But you can’t buy driver skill, something this Camaro driver lacks.
Yuting put up this video to remind people to drive safe. In his Youtube comments Yuting says,
…what I tried to do in the original video, was to promote safe driving in canyons and public roads. And hope more people and my friends will know how dangerous those places could be. Canyons are awesome, until we overdrive. It’s for fun, for pleasure. Track, autox, car control clinics, skid pads etc are for finding limit, testing, improvement, and making mistakes. “
There’s nothing wrong with driving fast in the canyons. It’s knowing your limits that’s important.
