It looks like these chaps are desperate for their 15 minutes of fame, so desperate that they may spend time behind bars to achieve it.

It was your classic high speed car chase really, a convertible zooming down LA’s Sunset Boulevard whilst people cheered, before pulling off a few doughnuts for the onlooking cameras.

The driver was 20-year-old Herschel Reynolds and the passenger 19-year-old Isaiah Young, proving that sometimes wisdom does come with age. This from the LA Times:

The chase lasted about two hours and began with a report of a residential burglary in Cerritos…The burglars fled the home on Charlwood Street before deputies arrived, but neighbors were able to describe the suspects’ vehicle…

On Sunset, with no police behind them, the driver began doing doughnuts in the middle of the street, spinning across all lanes of traffic and forcing other cars to stop. The car then moved onto Hollywood Boulevard, where countless tourists got to see the Mustang drive against traffic by the TCL Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Walk of Fame.

From there, it was up to the Hollywood Hills, where the Mustang drove into opposite lanes around blind curves, narrowly missing oncoming traffic, and fishtailed on rain-slick roads.

Without any vehicles close behind, the driver drove back through Hollywood’s tourist district and onto the freeway, where it was almost trapped by a TMZ tour bus that cut off its path as it tried to split two lanes.

I know what you’re thinking – when did they take the time to fire off a few selfies? Fear not:

After hugging and high-fiving bystanders and taking selfies, the men crossed their hands behind their backs and approached sheriff’s deputies, who had just arrived to take them into custody.

Sometimes you can only shake your head and wonder how long it will be until the robots take over.

Young is being held on $80 000 bail and Reynolds on $50 000 bail. I guess you can put a price on stupid.

[source:latimes]