We were driving home to Tehachapi from San Diego from my grandmother's funeral and were in Mojave when this happened. We stayed in traffic for a while, then made a U-turn and went to Rosamond to try and take Tehachapi Willow Springs Road. Talked to a few folks at a gas station, and decided it would be safer to just get a hotel and wait it out. All the hotels in Lancaster/Palmdale and the surrounding area were filled, so we ended up having to drive to LA to find a hotel. Definitely an emotional roller coaster of a week. I just thank the Lord we didn't get there sooner and get stuck in that mud.

Update: He's still sitting there. And yes, his wipers are still wiping.

I’m very familiar with this highway 58 between Mojave’s and tehachapi, ca. I’ve been reading a lot of these comments and just for your information: 1) there’s no way to drive up the hill in a hummer, truck, suv, etc because there’s a drop on the other side of that ledge 2) the edge or hill is sopping in water that given any type of vehicle and attempting to go up will get stuck in thick clay mud and if you were to make it, you’d be dropping down into a small canyon or steep hill, no flat out after that. 3) during this rainy time, there was construction that only allowed for a one lane and driving 45 mph. 4) I believe that due to the heavy rain, there were also mud slides either before and after the filming of this vid, that trapped a significant amount of vehicles and made it impossible to drive out. These vehicles were stuck in place for hours and hours. 5) I was one of the few vehicles that made it out of that canyon part of hwy 58 before the rains really came down. When I got to Victorville, ca, I had heard that many vehicles’ engines had flooded as parts of the hwy were deeper than others parts. I can’t imagine having to stay in one place for hours at a time and hoping that the rains don’t drop a deluge. Remember, you’re going up in elevation so I’m sure the vehicles down the hwy were in even more in danger. It was a dangerous day. Thanks for the vid. It gave me a different perspective from a higher vantage point. I can only imagine what that vehicle in the front must have been feeling.

20 minutes of watching a window wiper, I'm now under your control master. Lmao 😂

all I can say is this proves titles don't effect trending in youtube LOL

Flat bed Chevy: "Ight ima leave" Chevy Malibu: "That dont sound like a bad idea"

Fact: You didn’t search for this

Oh man I so remember this, what a mess it was, had to go the back way to get to Cal City or Lancaster. Thank you for the video!

This was incredible to watch!!! I would’ve never even thought of this type of scenario. Great footage!

The black truck driver was smart it can only get worse and the car driver followed.

That's a pretty well designed road, but they should put in some additional traps and hazards, like a miniature golf course, to make it even more fun.

Thanks for posting. I was a few miles down stream. Took us 18 hours to get home to Bay Area. Scary night!

It appears that the concrete divider does an almost perfect job of channeling the water into one side of the highway, making the situation much worse than necessary. It solves the problem of head-on collisions and creates a new & different problem.

i think we're been hypnotized by the sound of the wipers for subliminal messages 😵😵😂😂😂

The whole time I'm watching this I'm wondering if my Jeep would have made it up that hill to the right.

Thanks for letting us ur windshield wipers work really good haha. Thank God is not a fender bender

lmao, that Subaru is like "eh i'm outta here." *Gradually turns around* .

Why would they build a solid wall without breaks to drain water? This is a flood river created by poor design.

I was recommended this video 2 years back. Today I have been recommended this video again. YT algorithm, hats off to you.

This was on highway 58 between Mojave and Tehachapi, Ca I remember when it happened

My truck is a 4wd - I would have tried to barrel up the side of that hill and parked on higher ground.

Lets all just sit here and wait until the water dries up 😵. Why is it that only two cars decided to do the right thing and go the opposite direction. Smh. Hopeless 😩.

So the Officer got out of his vehicle to see if people were doing ok? If so, that is one hell of a cop there.

Who was the Einstein that thought a solid concrete barrier along the downside of the road was a good idea?

19 minutes of watching most drivers, bovine-like, sitting on their butts and doing nothing.

This is a crazy , wild, muddy river thats getting deeper by the minute.

Hope everyone made it out safe I would have been a nervous wreck especially if I had to hear those wipers the entire time..OMG

This is one of the best Movies i have seen

Sometimes it is worse to sit and make no decision that gives you no chance of recovery than it is to make a decision early on in a problem and at least give yourself a fighting chance to get out of the problem. Git while the gitten's good!

The wiper blades killed me ten times over..

That concrete wall on the left turns the road into a flood dam. Genius.

Credit to the red sedan for backing up against the semi. If ya can't run, brace yourself against a solid object. Seemed to work well in this case.

This is where a lifted truck with 4wd comes in hand.

Wow what a flood. Not really getting why no body tried to climb the small hill on the side.

Wow, we had not heard of this happening. Thank you

Amazing vid. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

People are so stupid when it comes to emergency situations...my fight or flight senses would have propelled me up the side of that hill or turning my candied ass right around! You can bet that I wouldn't have just sat their like an idiot waiting for it to get worse!

Now that's a real bad luck ryan moment

that wiper sound..i love that..so good.i didnt even notice that its was 19 min long clip..

That river looks like a good highway

Dude in the blue truck was like “yea, imma head out” lmao

4:23 that SUV got the best possible spot in this situation, it had 2 SUVs + a semi for a shield

alguém em 2021? Anyone in 2021? 2021年有人嗎？ Кто-нибудь в 2021 году? Alguien en 2021 ?

Looks like a good fishing spot 🎣🎣 Crazy flooding video, thanks for sharing 👍

It's unreal why some of them couldn't turn around, and go another way, kinda wondering how long you all had to set there ! :(

I wont have to buy a metronome to play my piano I will use this video jajajajajajajaja. Tac tac Tac tac

Toward the end of the clip, once the guy panned to his left and to the rear, I knew exactly where he was at; on W/B 58 between the truck scales and the Cameron exit. Approximate GPS position - N35°06'10.7" W118°16'41.8" Been through that place many times, but not while it was raining.

shame for all these SUV owners . they buy offroad vehicles and have no idea how todrive.

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i would definitely rather be sitting in your rig than in any of those other vehicles wow

that must have been super scary! Thanks for sharing awesome video

I answered my own question; part of your video made the following newscast; apparently, a 10 mile stretch of Hwy 58 was shut down ffor SEVERAL DAYS! due to this flood of mud and debris brought about by desert, torrential rains. The state of the freeway and the cars were a lot worse behind you with debris covering some of their hoods. It must have been very scary. You were probably there all night long and into the next day until they rescued you, if you took the rescue. Your rig looked very comfortable. Here's the newscast: abc7.com/weather/10-mile-stretch-of-cars-stuck-on-sr-58-in-tehachapi/1036201/

Oh dearest God bless you and all human beings around the world

3:02 are the two trucks working together to funnel the water? It seems intentional and strategic. And is the white car holding back branches? 🤔

I remember this. I live nearby. After the flash flood and mudslide, the sediment got caked and baked into a concrete-like hard pack. Several dozen cars were totalled.

I could watch this all day long

This is a remarkable video and it's too bad it's titled only with numbers, making it impossible to find in a search on this event. It's also remarkable how fast all this happens; the water is up and then down in just minutes. I'm surprised that more drivers didn't follow the lead of the people at the beginning who had the presence of mind to get the hell out of there and drive back in the wrong direction; most other vehicles just sit there and get stuck.

I'm getting my corvette lifted 😂😂

Thank you great video.I am sure by now windshield wipers fixed.till then keep smiling with lol politely and healthy safely wait.

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This is when driving skill and decision cams handy

And about 75% of these cars/suvs and truck ended up on some slime balls Buy Here/Pay Here lot.

You had the best vehicle for that flash flood! High and Dry! 👍 Guy in that black chevy truck and the cars that followed had the right idea!

So, my takeaway from this is that , in the US, you are yet to understand the value of draining water AWAY from your highways

First 2 minutes of video is as good as it gets!!!

13:50 getting mesmerized by wipers and cop car lights! what will they do!

Looks like the freeway was built in the middle of a massive wash from those surrounding mountains

Legend has it that they are still there...

Why the cars didn't go onto the little hill on the right side?

The officer in 14:30 was he check the seatbelt to give tickets?

WOW. SUPERB VIDEO. I LOVE IT.

Imagine how scary it would’ve been being inside of a flood like that

Hummer Drivers: *i've been waiting for this day*

Even when the rain subsided he was STILL banging his wipers 🤣🤣.

5 years later I will get this on my recommended again like now I'm 5 years late.

I gave up an episode of Friends for this and it was worth it. I felt like i was there!

Rumor has it he is still setting there today waiting on the drowned cars to move

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Nature shows how small and helpless man is ...No forests = no protection against floods caused by heavy rain

i love watching wiper

When you saw the little cars making outta there would have been a clue...turn around and save yourself

Jeez, guys, next time take the road, not the river 😂

This is so scary. Thankful no one seems to have been hurt - at least not here. Praise the Lord!

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As the weather people now say, "Turn around, don't drown!"

My favorite part of this video is how descriptive the title is.

What’s that barrier on the left for, to keep flooding down? I know the water is running off the mountain side but the barrier how does it help?

I've driven the Tehachapi in the past numerous times and to see this is insane. At least you're in a semi with I'm assuming a load.. otherwise you would've been floating around like the others out there in medium unloaded box truck. Nevertheless.. good video man.

As an Egyptian driver we would use that hill as a third lane at that type of situations but all drivers right there look so respectful to the road lane :D

Everybody trying to blame the roadway design should think about a few things. This is a mountain pass, a.k.a. a low path between hills, which water prefers for the same reason you do (gravity). The road is at the bottom of what has always been a potential river valley, probably because horses and humans years ago found that to be the easiest route. But back then, if the water ever came up, a horse or human could just go sideways up the hill a bit and keep going, instead of sitting helpless like these modern pod-people from the Matrix. Secondly horizontal space next to the roadway is at a premium in this kind of steep terrain. Space where you might be inclined to add another lane to satisfy your fired-up constituency who insist on driving through here by the millions. Space where you might instead want to add a ditch for surface water runoff. You either have to cut sideways into the hill or raise the road bed and/or bury pipes, any of which adds millions to the cost and requires lengthy road closures. Looks like in this case the political clout of millions of people who insist on driving won out, and they added the extra lanes but not the ditches (can't really tell though). With or without a ditch, adding lanes will inevitably (because it's literally the goal), increase the surface area of pavement (water no likey, water run offy) and decrease the amount of exposed soil and vegetation that would otherwise have slowed the water down and/or given it a chance to soak into the ground. Which makes flooding "flashier" and worse. Anyway it's a desert, right? It'll never rain super-much here. Well, probably back in the day that used to be true, but now it's not, because the climate has changed, which is partly because of those same people who insist on driving everywhere constantly. Are engineers supposed to design infinite roads with infinite capacity for infinite numbers of cars AND design infinite drainage for infinitely bigger and more frequent flash-floods caused by the same cars? No, I'm sorry, fuck me very much, there are limits. PS the K-rails/jersey barriers on the left are there for the same reason we put helmets on some kids: To keep 'em from hurting themselves.

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I live just about forty minutes from Tehachapi, they really get the full four seasons, even lots of snow in the Winter! Watching on the news was just scary and unbelievable how bad it was! Kern County hasn't had that much rain in so long, this was the worst! How frightening it must have been for all these drivers!... I don't get why this is the title of the video though! Lol

Dude your wipers way to freakin fast!

My luck I'd be a quarter of a tank of gas

OMG! Amazing, so cool.

If you gotta get stuck on a hwy like this I'd rather be in a semi. No chance of it getting into your intake if it doesn't rise and you have your comforts right at hand.

I actually searched for the title of this video.

who ever designd the flood run off for the mountian neer by should be fired

What’s pretty crazy about this is that this is probably up hill since Tehachapi is way up in the sierras.... so it’s flooding on a hill which is insane!

i live in tehachapi and this was one of the craziest things that i’ve seen