The roads can be very dangerous, even when weather conditions are clear. For example, stalled cars and debris can completely shut down a lane, resulting in other drivers swerving into fast-moving traffic, as seen in the following video featuring a broken-down Chevy Camaro convertible.
The video is about 2 minutes, 45 seconds long, and shows a red Chevy Camaro sitting in the middle of Interstate 5 in California. The Chevy Camaro appears to be damaged and has some missing body components up front. According to the video description, it’s possible the Chevy collided into the center dividing wall, and the driver was unable to coax the droptop over to the shoulder.
The individual behind the camera is camped out on the side of the road, and has a high-intensity LED light illuminating the rear of the Chevy Camaro to help alert oncoming traffic. Apparently, California High Patrol was notified of the broken-down vehicle prior to filming.
This particular stretch of highway is quite dangerous. Interstate 5 runs north to south along the length of California, connecting Los Angeles with northern towns and cities. I5 is mostly flat and straight, and as a result, many drivers will speed, swerving around slower cars and tailgating. As the video description points out, distracted driving is also a big problem, which means this broken-down Chevy Camaro could go unseen until the last moment, even with the hazards blinking and an LED light trained on the rear end.
The video is pretty simple, showing a single angle of the broken-down convertible as other drivers speed around it. Some drivers come right up to the bumper, changing lanes into faster-moving traffic and nearly causing further incidents. Around the one-minute mark, a Toyota Prius is seen very nearly slamming into the rear of the Chevy Camaro, obviously not paying attention. The Prius squeals its tires to avoid hitting the Chevy, swerving across multiple lanes to do so. Unfortunately, the Prius isn’t the only car to repeat this chain of events. To make matters worse, some cars are seen running over adjacent debris.
The end of the video shows two fire trucks pull up to block traffic, and luckily, no serious accidents occur. However, it just goes to show how dangerous things can be. Keep your eyes on the road, folks.
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Comments
This just shows how many people should not have drivers licenses. What do you think flashers are on for. Most is poor reaction time and distracted driving. Camaro has nothing to do with it. It could be any vehicle. Just go to on scene TV on the internet and see how many unqualified people are on the road, you may think twice about ever driving.
Jonathan Lopez with another Pulitzer prize winning article! When did GM Authority become Wrecked Camaro News/Update? When they let J Lo start writing for them, really this is a all time low, this is bad!
It called driving past your headlights.
Thank you firefighters!!!!
And wrecked does not equal broken down..wrecked =wrecked…typical “fake news” leading title..definitely should apply at CNN
take a close look at the passenger side front , car is wrecked, body damage hanging off
Aren’t you broken down after a wreck? Title is just fine. Sounds like a Fox employee comment.
Thank you Old School, I received 6 thumbs down on my reply, thank for being smarter than the 6 who share J Lo’s mentality on what is good writing.
J Lo, I found a Camaro bumper on the road the other day, did you want to write about that ?
For those who think an article isn’t worthy of the story, all publications articles are approved by an editor or a writer is asked to write an article by the editor. J Lopez may have a free hand to write as he please but it would be an editor to approve it that it fits the goals of the publisher.
Make that 12 and counting, LOL
If I call my brother and say I am broke down he would ask me..do you need jump, water, tire tools. … if I say no a tow bcs front end is torn off he would say oh you wrecked!
If I call my brother while driving my beater, and doing the same thing the camaro did, I would tell him to bring the cables, water, and tools, cause I’m ripping off the parts I damaged and keep it moving. Now that’s a breakdown, nice try though. Really it can go either way, cause I can see a passing novice report a break down in the middle lane while flying at 70, not knowing its wrecked.
I live in California and see first hand just how badly (way too fast and aggressive) drivers out here are. On the flip side of that, you then have the overly cautious drivers (or maybe they are just frightened to drive out here) who are also dangerous on the road as they cause the more aggressive drivers to drive even worse. It’s downright scary driving out here. Just the other night going home from work, a Toyota Camry was heading North on the 405 and I was heading south. That car somehow ended up smashing into the center barrier at such a high rate of speed that the car flew into the air and skidded along the top of the K-rails for about 30 feet before flipping and landing back in the north bound lanes. It was truly an act of God that the car didn’t come over the barrier and wipe me out as that was just where I was at that time.
Bottom line is that way too many people don’t drive in a safe manner while looking ahead instead of directly in front of their vehicle. The above video proves way too well just how drivers are not looking ahead as they should. Those are the drivers in this video that nearly hit the Camaro or had to swerve at the last minute. The two that stood out to me the most? That one semi and a yellow (cab?) Prius.
Dan Berning, it’s like that everywhere. ASI said earlier, too many drive past there headlights. For those who never took drivers Ed it means if something comes into your headlight you need to stop in that distance. Also, too many are only looking at their phone or only the vehicle in front of them and not several cars ahead. Alway expect the unexpected on crowded roads.
GeorgeS: Amen to that. It’s scary how easily they make it now to drive and even scarier that people (no matter what state you live in) don’t understand that your DL is NOT yours. It’s the property of the state in which is’t issued. Driving is a privilege and not a rite.
However, being from IL and going back there at least 2x per year, I will say that the drivers in that general area are not nearly as aggressive as they are in CA.
10 to 1 the Camaro was not broke down but out of gas.
The front bumper is hanging off the car and it appears that the front drivers is so low to the ground either the wheel is missing or at a minimum, flat. The car is most likely inoperable and a pretty scary place to be if the driver is still in there as they may not have wanted to play Frogger to get to the side.