I’ve been living in Los Angeles for over three decades and I’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff – especially on the freeways. However, what took place recently on the 405 might just take the cake. In fact, it left the lunchtime anchors on KTLA (Channel 5) speechless — that’s how insane it was.
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As you can see from the video below, Chad Towersey and a friend captured footage of a woman driving an Audi SUV with the hatchback open and no front right tire at 75 mph. That’s right, the oblivious woman was driving on three wheels and a RIM! Sparks were flying everywhere and she was acting like she had no idea. When she waved to the two men in the vehicle beside her, it reminded me of that classic John Candy/Steve Martin scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
In the video, Chad can be heard giving hilarious color commentary: “Rather dangerous situation happening here on the 405, tailgate open. There’s no tailgate party going on in sight.”
Sadly, I truly believe she had no idea what was going on because it looked like she was under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. I’m betting painkillers since she reminded me of someone I once knew well who had a pill addiction and her reactions at the end were similar.
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Chad and his buddy caught up with her at a red light where she apparently rear-ended another vehicle. They confronted her on camera and told her to get out of the car since she had done enough damage. She was so out of it that she didn’t even realize what she had done or that she was missing a tire. She didn’t even put her car in park.
According to CBS Los Angeles: “The Irvine Police Department is aware of videos on social media related to a traffic collision involving a woman driving a black Audi with an open tailgate and missing wheel. While the woman was not arrested at the scene, the case remains under investigation. The involved vehicle has been impounded as part of the investigative process. Alleged medical conditions can complicate driving under the influence investigations and are a consideration in this case. IPD is conducting a thorough investigation into this matter which will be forwarded to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. We would like to thank the community members who reported this incident.”
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This happened to me once as I was driving my precious 57 Chevy down the freeway. I was aware of it right away though, and being in the fast lane, I had to get all the way across the lanes to get to the shoulder. Other drivers could see my dilemma so they started slowing down. My tire that came off was rolling down the freeway, and people were trying to miss it. Somehow we all came through it, and the first guy who stopped to help said that was the best piece of driving he had seen in a long time! This gal must have been completely out of her mind not to be aware of her mess.
Didn’t someone call the cops, this woman may not be on drugs, but she suffers from something much worse, stupidity, you can’t fix stupid.
She is not on drugs she is just a Biden supporter.
Real witty, JCB. Biden won in 2020. If he runs, he will win again in 2024. And you will always lodge the complaint that someone is keeping you down rather than doing what you can to raise yourself up. Why not leave Johnny’s pages to travel discussion?
Let he who has never done anything STUPID (especially in public) cast the first stone,
Okay, I hear you.
I don’t understand what any or why politics comes into play on the post. She’s less than intelligent if she thinks this in anyway was the right thing to do.
Look out Mildred!!! Sorry, I didn’t mean for that stone to come so close. To everybody reading this, If your vehicle is suddenly hard to steer or abruptly dips toward one side, just give it more gas and put on your blond wig!!!
My name is Johnny Jet, not Johnny CAR ;-)
She wasn’t on the 405. She was on the 5 fwy. near Oceanside in San Diego county.
Sorry I was rude to you Johnny. I really should have only taken out my frustration with the idiots talking politics because that was who I really was aiming at.
Apology accepted ;-)
Thanks!
Dude, Before you start calling people an idiot why don’t you read the story. I didn’t take the video or know the person who did. I’m just reporting on it.
It never fails. Someone always has to bring politics into it.
And people call her names…
I live in the UK and have driven down the 405 many times over the years but I was surprised to see her keeping it in a straight line with one wheel missing good on you hun.
ocinstanews – was the poster, and really did a poor job approaching the woman. True she had a problem (of some sort) but your approach to her was WAY off base. this wasn’t done out of kindness, but aggression and misplaced ego. I can think of a number of places back east, where you’d have been left a puddle on the road for that approach.
Politics is ruining this country; can’t/won’t work together so don’t accomplish shit. Just argue in circles as Rome burns.
Was from Florida. And switched parties to pass on some of trump’s insanity.