LOS ANGELES — A wild ride came to an end, thanks to California Highway Patrol in the west San Fernando Valley.
A Facebook post by CHP West Valley Area showed a group of people driving a go-kart, allegedly to produce content for YouTube. The Facebook post includes a video from inside the officer’s patrol car, showing the small kart weaving in and out of lanes.
WAIT FOR IT… SMH 🤦♂️WAIT FOR IT… SMH 🤦♂️ Where do we begin with how incredibly dangerous, stupid and illegal this was… by a group of young self-described “YouTubers” looking for fresh content. CHP Sgt. Geraty was on patrol along the 101 Fwy in Sherman Oaks around 2am when he noticed traffic suddenly slow down. He then saw the little kart driving in the slow lane and exiting at Woodman Ave. surrounded to the front and back by two cars that were clearly escorting the kart. Sgt. Geraty pulled everyone over on Woodman Ave. The young individuals admitted to doing the stunt for video content. One driver was cited for being a minor and driving outside of his license provisions while the kart racer was cited for unlawful operation/impeding traffic. ➡️➡️➡️ Absolutely zero social media content is worth putting your life or others in danger.
Posted by CHP - West Valley on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Officers pulled the kart and two other cars whose drivers admitted to police they were doing the stunt for social media content, KNBC reported.
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