{"id":53351,"date":"2022-08-23T01:14:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T01:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fast-and-furious-10-dangerous-car-stunts-prompt-protest\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T01:14:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T01:14:15","slug":"fast-and-furious-10-dangerous-car-stunts-prompt-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fast-and-furious-10-dangerous-car-stunts-prompt-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Fast and Furious 10’ Dangerous Car Stunts Prompt Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cFast and Furious\u201d fans around the world are excited for the return of the franchise with the 10th installment, \u201cFast X,\u201d next April. The residents of Los Angeles’ historic Angelino Heights neighborhood, not so much.<\/p>\n
Ever since it premiered in 2001, \u201cFast and the Furious\u201d fans have made a beeline to Angelino Heights to gawk at Bob’s Market, the store owned by the family of the film’s Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and the character’s quaint Victorian house.<\/p>\n
But unlike the nearby house where The WB series \u201cCharmed\u201d was shot, Bob’s Market and Dominic’s house have become a destination for more than just snapping selfies. Nearly every night, car enthusiasts spin out doing donuts at high speeds in front of the store in addition to racing and doing street takeovers throughout the area just west of Downtown.<\/p>\n
Residents who deal with the constant noise and unsafe conditions are fed up, and are planning a protest for the \u201cFast X\u201d shoot on Friday. The protest comes as anger over the effects of street racing and takeovers is at an all-time high in the city. Meanwhile, traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths have skyrocketed during the pandemic, often caused by reckless driving and speeding. It’s become an epidemic across LA and the entire country \u2014 traffic deaths in the US jumped 21% in the first three months of 2022 compared to 2020.<\/p>\n
A notice of filming from FilmLA received by community members indicates that \u201cFast X\u201d will shoot Friday from 9 am to 2 am in front of the Toretto house on Kensington Road, with \u201csimulated emergency services activity, aerial photography, wetting down of street and atmospheric smoke.\u201d According to a spokesperson for FilmLA, which is in charge of permits for film shooting in Los Angeles, a shooting permit has not been finalized, but the bulletins were provided to the community by the office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this film shoot is allowed to go forward in Angelino Heights, or any part of it from F10 Productions (Universal) \u2026 we will stage a huge protest and will invite many reporters and news cameras to film us protesting this film shoot all day and night,\u201d an email obtained by variety<\/em> from a resident to Los Angeles City Council reads. \u201cWe will hold this protest to honor the 178 people who have been killed by street racers in Los Angeles, and to shame Universal for their callous disregard for this deadly epidemic of street racing their films started and continue to promote.\u201d No further details about the protest were available.<\/p>\n Universal did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n Speaking to variety<\/em>several residents of Angelino Heights explained that their issue with \u201cFast and Furious\u201d has less to do with the one-day movie shoot itself than the impact that the films have on the neighborhood year-round.<\/p>\n Hellen Kim and Robert Howard, a married couple that live close by Bob’s Market, say that the open area in front of the store draws street racers who practice donuts and ramp up their engines, creating noise and smoke. Although the city erected some bollards in the area, many of the drivers simply moved to a nearby street or continue to drive around the barriers. And when they do so, because some of the cars don’t have mufflers, the noise tends to be extremely disruptive, with screeching tires throughout the night.<\/p>\n