An 18-year-old Malibu, California man will face criminal charges for surfing up Pacific Coast Highway on top of a BMW SUV on the way to school Wednesday.
"I guess I was being stupid," said Johnny Strange said as he was confronted by traffic officers in a hallway at Malibu High School Wednesday.
A passenger in an city bus took photos Wednesday of Strange standing atop a BMW cruising through Malibu.
The photos showed a teenager climbing out the passenger window and standing on the car as it moved with other traffic, in a 50 mile per hour zone.
One photo showed him kneeling on the roof of the moving car, his arms outstretched sideways.
The bus passenger e-mailed them to the sheriff's department, which has a program of sending deputies to talk to youthful drivers who are observed driving unsafely, and their parents.
Riding outside a car is an infraction, and the county attorney's office was being consulted by sheriff's deputies to see if any charges can be filed.
The 17-year-old driver and will probably be cited for reckless driving and violating her provisional drivers license, which does not allow her to carry a passenger -- inside or outside her car.
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