Illegal car ‘sideshows’ shut down parts of California

Oakland’s Bay Bridge, along with many other parts of California, was taken over by hooligans who set up a ‘sideshow’ to see who could do the most donuts while setting off fireworks. The spectators had a role too: stand in the cars’ way and try not to get hit. The rules were old-school: first guy to die loses. For nearly 20 minutes in the early hours of Monday morning the bridge remained completely blocked to traffic. At least one woman suffered a broken ankle after one of the cars clipped her as it did donuts, although this happened in a separate ‘sideshow,’ still in California. In another clip, a driver was seen profusely apologizing after accidentally donutting into another participant’s car. The apology, it seems, was not accepted, as his fellow scholars decided to trash his car, beat what little sense remained out of him, and then perform a mostly peaceful carjacking in order to perform more donuts.