A Formal Warning to All Canyon Runners

skylindrftr · 08-17-2008, 10:22 PM

I know there are people who frequent canyon roads in socal on these forums, I used to be one of them, until last night that is. That is when I found out how much you have to lose by even being up there in a sporty-ish car.

As some of you may know, I recently got a ref ticket up there while going the speed limit (I had a post about it). This was the first sign that something was up. Then I kept on getting reports from my friends of increased cop activity up there. I know this is not just at Angeles Crest, it is also at Little Tujunga, Azusa and GMR. Some had to run from the cops to avoid tickets etc. Keep in mind that none of these people are the h4rdc0r3 str33tz racer types, they just like to cruise. I on the other hand like spirited driving, and while I realize this is irresponsible and endangers my and other people's lives, had not decided up until now that it was time to stop and find safer ways to practice driving. I may sound like I am rambling but this all leads up to last night.

Last night I went up with a friend to find out exactly was going on with the canyons, naturally I chose to go to the one closest to my house, Angeles Crest. I am going to do my best to not mention any names of people involved. So, me and my friend go up chill with some people up at the Mt. Wilson rest stop. They hadn't been up there for years and were suprised how few cars there were up here tonight. Anyhow a car pulls up and it turns out that these people know each other and the guy with the car just got some sort of pro drift license, I am not going to mention the series. So him and another car head up Wilson for a run and we can hear their tires screeching and etc. Fifteen mins later I see two slow moving lights coming down the Angeles Forest side of the mountain. A police cruiser and expedition pull into the rest stop and park next to us. An officer gets out, throws his flashlight our way and asks "you boys been street racing tonight?" We reply "No sir", but it was the truth, we hadn't been. My friend asks them what they were doing up here and they reply "We are going to catch these fools that are street racing." My friend asks "Do you guys do this a lot?" The cop replies that THEY HAVE A FUCKING FEDERAL GRANT TO STOP STREET RACERS. Let that sink in, this is a nationwide grant to whatever police departs that want money, they can get more by creating anti street racing task forces. If you think you can win against this, good luck. I had never seen them be so organized up here before, it scared the crap out of me for a sec. So anyways, the cops turn their lights off and wait. Finally two cars come down from the run and the cops throw on the lights. One of the two cars is like "fuck that" and guns it, the others seems confused and follows it. Obviously the cops give chase and that leaves me and some other people left in the rest stop. They say "Well looks like we should bounce", and they leave. Me and my friend decide to do the same and start driving down, all the while wondering what happened with the chase.

As we get towards the bottom, we see another cruiser slowly creeping up the road with his search light on. We finally get to the entrance and it is fucking barricaded with cops and the gate is closed. There is also a tow truck coming up the road as well (for obvious reasons). So we get to the closed gate and the officer waves us in. He gives me the whole where you from, what are you doing, you smoking weed, drinking? Thank god I was in a borrowed Lexus instead of one of my 240sx's. I had to take a sobriety test etc... We asked him what was going on and he said "We are looking for a white WRX, did you see one?" I said no we have not seen a while WRX, but in the back of my mind I was thinking he meant a different kind of car (neither of the cars that ran were WRX's). We ask him whats up and he said some guy in one was running from them and they were looking for him. It was at that point that I realized they did not come down this way and went the Palmdale route. So me and my friend go home, saddened that until this cools down (maybe never), we wouldn't be able to use the canyons anymore.

Thanks to all who read all this, I figured that I could save some people some grief with this post. And to clear some stuff up, I am on neither side of the fence with street racing, I am neither a hardcore mountain runner, nor am I one of those folks who is like OMGBBQ STREET RACING IS SO WRONG AND YOU'RE AN IDIOT IF YOU DO IT.

*articdragon192* · 08-17-2008, 10:51 PM

Nice heads up. Thanks.

*karl wasabi* · 08-17-2008, 11:00 PM

Thanks for the heads up, but they have had that Federal Grant for a while now. I rarely go up there anymore.

White car huh...???

And what does BBQ have anything to do with this? lolz.

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Originally Posted by skylindrftr

OMGBBQ STREET RACING IS SO WRONG AND YOU'RE AN IDIOT IF YOU DO IT.

sumoboi7 · 08-17-2008, 11:17 PM

not to mention its dangerous. since January woodside road has claimed 3 friend's cars. i still do it but its just cruisin. maybe spirited driving every once in a while but usually speed limit cruisin. thanks for the heads up tho. prolly gonna start up here soon.

zilvia_brothers · 08-17-2008, 11:23 PM

yea thanks for the heads up...my cousin goes up there most of the time and i'll tell him to be careful

skylindrftr · 08-17-2008, 11:45 PM

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And what does BBQ have anything to do with this? lolz.

Haha bbq has everything to do with this.

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Thanks for the heads up, but they have had that Federal Grant for a while now. I rarely go up there anymore.

I didn't realize this, thanks for the info, do you know when they got it and when it expires?

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not to mention its dangerous. since January woodside road has claimed 3 friend's cars. i still do it but its just cruisin. maybe spirited driving every once in a while but usually speed limit cruisin. thanks for the heads up tho. prolly gonna start up here soon.

Where is woodside? Never heard of that one before.

driftage240 · 08-17-2008, 11:51 PM

what did i tell you avery...the canyons are a burn.

blackrms13 · 08-17-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by skylindrftr

Where is woodside? Never heard of that one before.

just a note

"Location: San Francisco"

skylindrftr · 08-17-2008, 11:58 PM

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just a note

"Location: San Francisco"

Thanks blackrms13, I didn't think to look

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what did i tell you avery...the canyons are a burn.

Well david, I guess I had to see for myself y'know?

*S13Teddy* · 08-17-2008, 11:59 PM

I went up to Big Bear a few weeks back to meet up with some friends on the lake.. Took my 240 of course, and as I was pulled over at a rest stop to fasten my harnesses, a cop pulled up and asked what I was doing (I wasn't planning on racing up the hill like a jackass, but I'd rather wear them for safety reasons).. I told him I was fine and he left. That was the only cop I saw all the way up that mountain, but I guess it must not be a common place for canyon runners. There were a lot more when I came back down though.

90KAcoupe · 08-18-2008, 12:06 AM

i wish we had canyons in TN. but then again nobody around here would drive them since im the only person in my town that doesnt have cut springs cut exhuast and mad camber..

blasting_speed · 08-18-2008, 12:14 AM

I'm one of those guys that dislikes street racing. I think its pretty dumb. Usually when i'm driving down the freeway i'm going 65 or 70 if i'm passing some one. I only speed when i'm hanging out with my friends. They drive like turd nuggets. ahahahahaha

Thanx for the heads up though. I'll let my Evo friends know.

90KAcoupe · 08-18-2008, 12:20 AM

alot of us spirited drivers dont street race or even extremely push our cars. we just enjoy driving down nice roads. and most of the time we stay in our own lanes.

hustlervibes · 08-18-2008, 12:22 AM

Thanks for the heads up. I knew cops were around, but I didn't know it was this serious.

*joshchewuhh* · 08-18-2008, 12:46 AM

ya use to go to gmr but i stopped after seeing my friend fly off he cliff in his brand new 350z

but seriously just take it to the track

*murda-c* · 08-18-2008, 01:10 AM

yes hit up HTM kekeke

*soreballz* · 08-18-2008, 01:20 AM

lollerskates. This is news?
The LA County Sherrifs Department has had a specialized canyon task force for several years now. They kept most of their operations in the Malibu Canyon area until a few months ago...

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Originally Posted by joshchewuhh

ya use to go to gmr but i stopped after seeing my friend fly off he cliff in his brand new 350z

but seriously just take it to the track

Your friend must be a shitty ass driver.

*articdragon192* · 08-18-2008, 01:30 AM

Yup, this has been around a while. Not only that, but those cops can drive those canyons pretty well. Running does people no good. Sucks though. I enjoyed those roads.

94cc0rd · 08-18-2008, 01:33 AM

why the fuck...

socal people.. we have fucking HORSE THIEF MILE!!!!!!!!!

shishcabobers · 08-18-2008, 01:37 AM

I absolutely love canyon roads, I haven't gone for a while. My brother flipped over his car on pala road, some scary stuff. I've always followed "The seven rules of akina" by dave coleman, glad I read that, I might of had a really bad crash or something by now.

*DALAZ_68* · 08-18-2008, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by zilvia_brothers

yea thanks for the heads up...my cousin goes up there most of the time and i'll tell him to be careful

u mean Chris...

yeah...all i know is GMR theres hightened security since that chick got launched out of her car...

hmm WTF do u expect would happen not wearing a seatbelt at GMR...dumb bitch...

good info nonetheless

hitman · 08-18-2008, 02:39 AM

i thought people stopped going to the mountains in like 2005

*DataXUnknown* · 08-18-2008, 02:53 AM

If you've listened to the radio lately, they have also been putting up ads a lot for DUI's and such. The commercial starts with the sound of a door slamming followed by "You know what that sound is? It's the sound of a jail cell door closing because we just busted you for a DUI" "This is Drunk Driving Awareness month, so there will be more police on the road taking down these drunk drivers"

Somthing like that...it comes on very frequently so just turn it on kiis fm or somthing. Commercials are like every 5 minutes hahaha.

*MaD1337M3DRiV3r* · 08-18-2008, 03:11 AM

i will miss driving up there -=[

IdriveaNissan · 08-18-2008, 03:14 AM

Lets caravan to the canyon

*xpertsnowcarver* · 08-18-2008, 03:46 AM

^^^^ *:cricket::cricket:*

soreballz is right, that guy had to be a pretty bad driver..

i started going to GMR/azusa last feb. went there two or three different nights and got old real quick... "underground $tr33t r@c!ing" was cool when the games came out.. but GMR/azusa is no fun with hardly any light other than our weak headlights.. even with HID.. u'd need a rally car light cluster to see perfectly clear (meaning the dirt pile or large rocks on the road).
its real fun during the day anyways when ur tires really stick. i went in the 240 those first 3 times and didn't see any police. after that, i've been going on my bike during the day a lot of times, rarely at night less a couple friends wanna go. ive probly gone at least 20 times last month (new bike, dual compound tires = heaven) and only saw 1 SUV cop. i believe wat ur saying. i mean.. colorado canyons have STi cop cars if i recall correctly.. no doubt something like that will happen here too.
wat i do find real REAL stupid is when people fly 80+ through that part where theres some building and that park. THERE'S KIDS THERE!! i ought punch ya in the ovaries if u speed through there... all those people are the ones complaining that "r@cer$" are creating a dangerous environment in the canyons... knock it off...
thats what kills it.. negligence. during the day, i have a lot of respect of others that use the road. LIKE BICYCLISTS.. man.. those guys have bigger apples than me.

*Om1kron* · 08-18-2008, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by karl wasabi

Thanks for the heads up, but they have had that Federal Grant for a while now.

lol yeah no shit welcome to 2002, san diego already has a task force for that crap, street racing isnt that rampant out here anymore now that they're just modifying the construction of everything so you cant race in those area's.

240=180 · 08-18-2008, 04:27 AM

I'm gonna stop hittin the touge for awhile. About three weeks ago I was running redwood and had one of those initial D type accidents. My coupe got seriosly owned and I almost lost my life...... The part that really sucked was driving back down the mountain with a helllllla fucked up car with broken lights, hella shit rubbing, thrown belts, and blown power steering. On top of that I had to wait 3 1/2 hours for a flat bed to come. But the wost part was waking up the whole neighborhood when they unloaded my car and having to explain what had happened to my car the next morning...

Posting from my phone so Sorry for the long rambling post

08-17-2008, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
skylindrftr Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Socal Age: 19 Posts: 744 Trader Rating: (0)	A Formal Warning to All Canyon Runners I know there are people who frequent canyon roads in socal on these forums, I used to be one of them, until last night that is. That is when I found out how much you have to lose by even being up there in a sporty-ish car. As some of you may know, I recently got a ref ticket up there while going the speed limit (I had a post about it). This was the first sign that something was up. Then I kept on getting reports from my friends of increased cop activity up there. I know this is not just at Angeles Crest, it is also at Little Tujunga, Azusa and GMR. Some had to run from the cops to avoid tickets etc. Keep in mind that none of these people are the h4rdc0r3 str33tz racer types, they just like to cruise. I on the other hand like spirited driving, and while I realize this is irresponsible and endangers my and other people's lives, had not decided up until now that it was time to stop and find safer ways to practice driving. I may sound like I am rambling but this all leads up to last night. Last night I went up with a friend to find out exactly was going on with the canyons, naturally I chose to go to the one closest to my house, Angeles Crest. I am going to do my best to not mention any names of people involved. So, me and my friend go up chill with some people up at the Mt. Wilson rest stop. They hadn't been up there for years and were suprised how few cars there were up here tonight. Anyhow a car pulls up and it turns out that these people know each other and the guy with the car just got some sort of pro drift license, I am not going to mention the series. So him and another car head up Wilson for a run and we can hear their tires screeching and etc. Fifteen mins later I see two slow moving lights coming down the Angeles Forest side of the mountain. A police cruiser and expedition pull into the rest stop and park next to us. An officer gets out, throws his flashlight our way and asks "you boys been street racing tonight?" We reply "No sir", but it was the truth, we hadn't been. My friend asks them what they were doing up here and they reply "We are going to catch these fools that are street racing." My friend asks "Do you guys do this a lot?" The cop replies that THEY HAVE A FUCKING FEDERAL GRANT TO STOP STREET RACERS. Let that sink in, this is a nationwide grant to whatever police departs that want money, they can get more by creating anti street racing task forces. If you think you can win against this, good luck. I had never seen them be so organized up here before, it scared the crap out of me for a sec. So anyways, the cops turn their lights off and wait. Finally two cars come down from the run and the cops throw on the lights. One of the two cars is like "fuck that" and guns it, the others seems confused and follows it. Obviously the cops give chase and that leaves me and some other people left in the rest stop. They say "Well looks like we should bounce", and they leave. Me and my friend decide to do the same and start driving down, all the while wondering what happened with the chase. As we get towards the bottom, we see another cruiser slowly creeping up the road with his search light on. We finally get to the entrance and it is fucking barricaded with cops and the gate is closed. There is also a tow truck coming up the road as well (for obvious reasons). So we get to the closed gate and the officer waves us in. He gives me the whole where you from, what are you doing, you smoking weed, drinking? Thank god I was in a borrowed Lexus instead of one of my 240sx's. I had to take a sobriety test etc... We asked him what was going on and he said "We are looking for a white WRX, did you see one?" I said no we have not seen a while WRX, but in the back of my mind I was thinking he meant a different kind of car (neither of the cars that ran were WRX's). We ask him whats up and he said some guy in one was running from them and they were looking for him. It was at that point that I realized they did not come down this way and went the Palmdale route. So me and my friend go home, saddened that until this cools down (maybe never), we wouldn't be able to use the canyons anymore. Thanks to all who read all this, I figured that I could save some people some grief with this post. And to clear some stuff up, I am on neither side of the fence with street racing, I am neither a hardcore mountain runner, nor am I one of those folks who is like OMGBBQ STREET RACING IS SO WRONG AND YOU'RE AN IDIOT IF YOU DO IT.

08-17-2008, 11:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
sumoboi7 Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 182 Trader Rating: (0)	not to mention its dangerous. since January woodside road has claimed 3 friend's cars. i still do it but its just cruisin. maybe spirited driving every once in a while but usually speed limit cruisin. thanks for the heads up tho. prolly gonna start up here soon. __________________ A.K.A Chow Mein guy!!!

08-17-2008, 11:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
zilvia_brothers Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: where the eagles rock in SoCal! Age: 24 Posts: 645 Trader Rating: (4)	yea thanks for the heads up...my cousin goes up there most of the time and i'll tell him to be careful __________________ "Keep'n It Old Skool!"

08-17-2008, 11:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
driftage240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TUJUNGA Age: 24 Posts: 1,494 Trader Rating: (2)	what did i tell you avery...the canyons are a burn. __________________ Misty blu is coming 4 you!

08-17-2008, 11:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
S13Teddy Furiously Fast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,209 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: S13Teddy	I went up to Big Bear a few weeks back to meet up with some friends on the lake.. Took my 240 of course, and as I was pulled over at a rest stop to fasten my harnesses, a cop pulled up and asked what I was doing (I wasn't planning on racing up the hill like a jackass, but I'd rather wear them for safety reasons).. I told him I was fine and he left. That was the only cop I saw all the way up that mountain, but I guess it must not be a common place for canyon runners. There were a lot more when I came back down though. __________________

08-18-2008, 12:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
90KAcoupe Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: mt. juliet TN Age: 17 Posts: 468 Trader Rating: (0)	i wish we had canyons in TN. but then again nobody around here would drive them since im the only person in my town that doesnt have cut springs cut exhuast and mad camber.. __________________ the sig rules are gay!!

08-18-2008, 12:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
blasting_speed Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Midnight Love Station Posts: 1,545 Trader Rating: (3)	I'm one of those guys that dislikes street racing. I think its pretty dumb. Usually when i'm driving down the freeway i'm going 65 or 70 if i'm passing some one. I only speed when i'm hanging out with my friends. They drive like turd nuggets. ahahahahaha Thanx for the heads up though. I'll let my Evo friends know. __________________ Midnight Love Train... Running Up In Ya'!!!

08-18-2008, 12:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
90KAcoupe Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: mt. juliet TN Age: 17 Posts: 468 Trader Rating: (0)	alot of us spirited drivers dont street race or even extremely push our cars. we just enjoy driving down nice roads. and most of the time we stay in our own lanes. __________________ the sig rules are gay!!

08-18-2008, 12:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
hustlervibes Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southern California Rep Power: ∞ Age: 20 Posts: 2,456 Trader Rating: (0)	Thanks for the heads up. I knew cops were around, but I didn't know it was this serious.

08-18-2008, 12:46 AM	#15 (permalink)
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08-18-2008, 01:10 AM	#16 (permalink)
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94cc0rd do work son! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Upland, CA Age: 22 Posts: 1,695 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: 94cc0rd	why the fuck... socal people.. we have fucking HORSE THIEF MILE!!!!!!!!! __________________ driftcollaboration.com Dec. 6th HTM Drift & Grip!

08-18-2008, 01:37 AM	#20 (permalink)
shishcabobers Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: temelcajon Posts: 483 Trader Rating: (1)	I absolutely love canyon roads, I haven't gone for a while. My brother flipped over his car on pala road, some scary stuff. I've always followed "The seven rules of akina" by dave coleman, glad I read that, I might of had a really bad crash or something by now.

08-18-2008, 02:39 AM	#22 (permalink)
hitman Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: late 19th century prussia Age: 21 Posts: 855 Trader Rating: (2)	i thought people stopped going to the mountains in like 2005 __________________ she grabbed me by the wiener

08-18-2008, 02:53 AM	#23 (permalink)
DataXUnknown I'm blue Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anaheim Hills, CA Age: 18 Posts: 649 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: DataXUnknown	If you've listened to the radio lately, they have also been putting up ads a lot for DUI's and such. The commercial starts with the sound of a door slamming followed by "You know what that sound is? It's the sound of a jail cell door closing because we just busted you for a DUI" "This is Drunk Driving Awareness month, so there will be more police on the road taking down these drunk drivers" Somthing like that...it comes on very frequently so just turn it on kiis fm or somthing. Commercials are like every 5 minutes hahaha. __________________ winky winky

08-18-2008, 03:11 AM	#24 (permalink)
MaD1337M3DRiV3r De Novo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles (818) Posts: 290 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: MaD1337M3DRiV3r	i will miss driving up there -=[

08-18-2008, 03:14 AM	#25 (permalink)
IdriveaNissan BANNED Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Los Angeles Age: 21 Posts: 223 Trader Rating: (0)	Lets caravan to the canyon

08-18-2008, 03:46 AM	#26 (permalink)
xpertsnowcarver its stock.. i swear T_T Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: LA Posts: 237 Trader Rating: (3)	^^^^ :cricket::cricket: soreballz is right, that guy had to be a pretty bad driver.. i started going to GMR/azusa last feb. went there two or three different nights and got old real quick... "underground $tr33t r@c!ing" was cool when the games came out.. but GMR/azusa is no fun with hardly any light other than our weak headlights.. even with HID.. u'd need a rally car light cluster to see perfectly clear (meaning the dirt pile or large rocks on the road). its real fun during the day anyways when ur tires really stick. i went in the 240 those first 3 times and didn't see any police. after that, i've been going on my bike during the day a lot of times, rarely at night less a couple friends wanna go. ive probly gone at least 20 times last month (new bike, dual compound tires = heaven) and only saw 1 SUV cop. i believe wat ur saying. i mean.. colorado canyons have STi cop cars if i recall correctly.. no doubt something like that will happen here too. wat i do find real REAL stupid is when people fly 80+ through that part where theres some building and that park. THERE'S KIDS THERE!! i ought punch ya in the ovaries if u speed through there... all those people are the ones complaining that "r@cer$" are creating a dangerous environment in the canyons... knock it off... thats what kills it.. negligence. during the day, i have a lot of respect of others that use the road. LIKE BICYCLISTS.. man.. those guys have bigger apples than me. __________________ http://zilvia.net/f/south-western-st...oundation.html FS: New tranny release bearings. Brand New TPSensor. SR AC Compressor. S13 SR SMIC. Memphis Audio 12" Sub

08-18-2008, 04:27 AM	#28 (permalink)
240=180 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: east bay Posts: 75 Trader Rating: (0)	I'm gonna stop hittin the touge for awhile. About three weeks ago I was running redwood and had one of those initial D type accidents. My coupe got seriosly owned and I almost lost my life...... The part that really sucked was driving back down the mountain with a helllllla fucked up car with broken lights, hella shit rubbing, thrown belts, and blown power steering. On top of that I had to wait 3 1/2 hours for a flat bed to come. But the wost part was waking up the whole neighborhood when they unloaded my car and having to explain what had happened to my car the next morning... Posting from my phone so Sorry for the long rambling post