Miss so cal so much... stuck overseas.. thank you for filming this stretch, i lived in san clemente and commuted the 5 and 405

Spent last weekend in Orange County. Let my dad, the experienced driver, do the driving!

That was an interesting touch, the police car hauling off the freeway! I am now living in Washington state, but I miss OC so much. I don't care how people say "It's changed." I miss it.

There is no comparison with the older video. This was an awesome ride, and the song still rocks. One of your best videos to date. Can't wait to see more new and improved videos!

Ha, cool. I invite you to watch the continuation of my I-5 series of videos, by going to my home page on KZread, and then scrolling down about 3 or 4 videos. I-5 North in Central and Northern Orange County. It's *much* improved over this one. Thanks for watching!

Great job as always, Brent! Loved the ride. Would like to go back and drive even more of the SoCal freeways! :)

Have you made a PCH north video? I used to live in Orange County and miss the drive so much, you could start at the county line on the 5 like you did for this one and take the beach cities exit to PCH, a little congested around Dana, but that stretch between Laguna and Newport is one of my all time favorites, especially at night

I used to live there, right off of Oso at 3:59. Great fwy drive of South County!

@rockersk08: Great to hear from one of my long-time subscribers. I humbly agree with you, regarding the improvement vs. the old video I have of this same stretch. I really worked hard at trying to compose this video together, because it really is a pretty unique stretch of freeway; a combination of elevation changes, super-wide stretches and modern engineering.

I look at Google Maps to see how often they do the updates. You might want to drive around this area again-there's SO many metering lights that have 2 cars per green, and the metering lights that don't have 2 cars per green still have THREE circles at the bottom instead of just TWO circles. Also, construction is happening between the roads of Oso Parkway and Alicia Parkway.

Awesome, loved the curves at the beginning!

Never tire of seeing the El Toro Y, even if by virtual means :)

@aswchris: It really is. I've been driving it, off and on for the past 10+ years, and it *never* gets old!

Incredible freeway!

I remember when I-5 was only three lanes in each direction through Santa Ana, Irvine and Anaheim..etc.. It was very bumpy too, with concrete cracks!

I love this song!!! It's very upbeat,and one I'd love to dance to in a club!!!

I agree with you wholeheartedly on that. Philadelphia and it's greater suburbs really need to work on the roads. I had to go down to Wayne for a bit for training a few months ago, and 476 people just don't drive, and 30 (while not a freeway) doesn't have any turning lanes.

Great video! Love the OC

See man, videos like these are the reason why you're the man Brent Jonas.

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Thanks! Have you watched any of my newer releases? I'll link you to one of them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooFrz6uKdLO8oso.html

Typing while enjoying, and enjoying MY tracks of 70's that I enjoyed while using these routes at similar appearing speeds. Major flow improvements since, for obviously increased users. The "Y" used to be just that. Best of The Doobies "Without Love" works great south of El Toro "Y" , where Lion Country Safari was located. And an amphitheater where Doobie Brothers had their last show in early 80's. "How Long...Has THIS Been Going On ...?" "Horse With No Name"..... But often forget to click on COMMENT to leave one.

i remember stopping at a 76 station in a very, very ritzy part of southern orange county once, and they had an orchestra playing for the customers who were waiting for their cars to be washed.

Great video Brent!!!

Very convenient when traveling, thanks for sharing. Like

@orangefiona1: Hey you, thanks for watching. :-) I actually intend on editing the remaining footage of I-5 in Orange County (to the OC/LA County line) and releasing it in the coming weeks ahead. As for the I-405 closure, I was (and still am for a few more weeks) 400 miles north during Carmageddon. No traffic up here in the Sierra Nevada, haha.

There is a link at the O.C. History Roundup website and it shows the 5 freeway at only two lanes in each direction, yes TWO LANES at 1st/4th streets, Santa Ana. The color Kodachrome photo was taken in the late 1950's.

My ex lived off Culver when I first met her, so I used to do this drive every weekend to go see her when I lived in Oceanside.

@FreewayBrent: A really nice view. In Germany you can look 3 till 5 miles over the freeway when you are in the south middle of Germany. Also nice views over the landscape. But not so much traffic like in this video

Amazing the logistics of it all! BTW, love San Diego. Perfectly sized city.

@HoltCalifornia: Depends on the hour. In the mornings going northbound, you can probably save up to 30 minutes in time, by taking the 73. Going southbound during the afternoon/evening commute, you might achieve even more savings in time. This is because of the severe southbound bottlenecks along I-405 thru Irvine (where 7 lanes merge down to 5 lanes at Culver), and once you get onto I-5 south at the El Toro "Y" interchange. Expect more stop-and-go down I-5, down to the 73 freeway.

@Gamerzde: Catchy tune, huh? I felt like it worked brilliantly, especially between 5:18 and 6:04, where the lack of bass lines "allowed" me to slow down the footage to display the most impressive portion of this freeway; the El Toro "Y" interchange.

@superdevins: Glad you enjoyed both the ride and the song. I place my camcorder on a tripod, situated on the floor of the passenger side. I place the tripod legs so that they are wedged between the glove compartment and the bottom edge of the passenger seat for maximum stability.

I seem to remember the building of the 91 elevated to LAX about the late 1980's.

Amazing! I don't recognize anything familiar from the old three lane 5 it used to be years go.

Great job, definitely better than your first OC I-5 video, nice work with the syncying/timing as well.

Nice driving w/you Brent. You should've kept going on it and picked up the 101 through downtown LA and ended up aTopanga Cyn Road.

@ScrewdUPClickV2: Yeah, the El Toro "Y" isn't an area that's really known for notorious speeding, mainly because you have a lot of merging going on in that area. Some drivers will kick it up to 80 MPH, but since it carries so much traffic, doing anything faster might be a bit risky, at least not until you drive south of the 73 tollway, where traffic volumes begin to drop.

@oldiesmusic76: Wow. Yeah, I've seen a few pictures of the pre-reconstructed freeway. I couldn't even recognize it. Amazing how Caltrans and the OCTA were able to push this super-wide freeway through OC, although a lot of that also had to do with the fact that the residents and business community wanted I-5 widened, and were open to the idea of losing properties in exchange for a much improved freeway. You don't see that too often, anymore.

@oldiesmusic76 I remember three lanes each way also. They started the widening in the late 1990's if I remember correctly.

@colder47: Awesomeness; glad you enjoyed watching this particular video.

Very nice video :) Sometimes I wonder how you're doing such a perfect image stabilization...

If you Google "Santa Ana Freeway Old" and scroll down to page 7, you'll see the picture. It shows a two lane freeway with puffy cumulus clouds in the sky. The picture is just to the left of the I-5 blue sign and above the state route 42 sign

@hOpE237ful: Thanks! It's kind of a unique electronica beat. Not sure what else to quite compare it to.

I will do so. I'm sure people still wish every freeway there had another ten lanes each direction. Thanks!

Thanks for the update CJS. I'm still amazed by the expanse of the whole system in metro LA. Appreciate your detailed info. Going N ON 5 into LA County for DTLA, is it still three lanes from 605 to 710 as one goes through Slauson, Florence,etc? From memory, I don't think there's room to widen in Commerce, Bell Gardens due to all the trucking industry.

Thumbs up: Red Storm wherever you are * :D * Nice video Brent ;-) Greetings from Germany far far away ^^

@bondosho: Well, "thanks" to the recession, generally speaking, the freeways aren't quite as congested as they used to be, and the duration of congestion tends to be a bit shorter in time. You still won't ever catch me driving I-5 between 7 - 9:30 a.m. or 4 - 7 p.m., lol. I filmed this, starting after 10:30 a.m. on a Monday.

@grvk: Hey there. I actually ended up purchasing a Flip Ultra 3rd generation camcorder (8 GB version). I really don't have to do anything now to keep it stable, as the image stabilization in that tiny lil' camcorder is unbelievable.

.. that is some ride Brent, that is some serious freeway action - the West Gate road works are yet to be completed - including major side barriers (a psycho thru his kid of there last year!) - I will post a vid as soon as it is finished ..

This is really cool. ive always wanted to go to southern california and check out their roads. there way much better than the roads here in Michigan :)

Great video as usual ! Great freeways too ! Thanks ! By the way ,Rubikfan ,i know Neatherlands : where the hell can we find your 5 or 6 lanes highways ? In your dreams ? Or during 1 mile ,lol ?

nice video!! ;)

Hey there !! I enjoy watching your ride along the’5’ -I’ve watched it many times,and I still enjoy watching it!! I have a friend who lives in San Diego,another friend who lives in Sacramento. Does I-5 go through these cities or just Sacramento? Which way can i go if I wanted to visit my friend in San Diego? Will or have you driven these areas? Keep up the great work on your videos-particularly in Southern California!!! Many 👍 thumbs up,Brent! I live in eastern NC and wondered if you’ve ever driven I-95 through North Carolina and how about I -40 through NC also?

I'm surprised you got through it so smoothly! What time and day did you do this?

love your videos. what software do you use to speed up the film?

@MoviMalley: California, in general, has a ton of great roads to drive. I've only explored the southern half of Michigan. Favorite city there is probably Ann Arbor; enjoyed Royal Oak a lot too.

Louisville should take notes on the El Toro Y for when they (finally) rebuild the Kennedy Interchange

Meanwhile, in Brazil we only have a few roads with 2 lines each direction, and 3 lines streets you can find only inside the biggest cities and roads between some cities near Sao Paulo.

@Freewayjim: Thanks, Jim!

It's pretty apparent you didn't watch the whole video, or even anything beyond the first 3 minutes, because you would have noticed the 14 lane section around 3:20, the 22 lane section around 5:32 (with 26 total freeway and exit lanes), and a consistent 12 to 14 lanes between 6:35 to the end of this video.

Woah-- when did you take this video?

@hooeybrown: Very cool, thank you! Where do you live, nowadays? Any particular types of music that you'd prefer to listen to? I like to be predictable with my music selections on here, but I did use some of Devo's stuff, not too long ago.

@bondosho: Cool, just passed by there yesterday, lol.

@Gamerzde: I know there's just a handful of autobahn's in Germany that have traffic counts, similar to what you'd find on L.A.'s freeway network, but otherwise, the busiest ones usually carry somewhere in the 100,000 - 150,000 vehicle per day level. Definitely nothing like Greater Los Angeles, where many freeways carry in excess of 300,000 vehicles per day, or more. I'm also not aware of any autobahn's that have 20+ lanes for that matter, or are there?

Dude. I'm from Salt Lake City. I drove a rental car on I-5 from San Diego back in September 2013, it was the same stretch of road you see here. And on my way to LA, it took me north through Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, and Mission Viejo. It was very beautiful there. What's the title of the song on this video?

@cjs3872 Thanks for the update cjs.

cool video, never been to California before, i dont know about driving there but taking the train there, i will do that and rent a car there.

yep i i go 5 north 91 west 605 north then 105 east to lax .... the 105 freeway has very few exits ....most the the route is in " the hood" ie the 110 /105 / imperial highway area ... My friend who grew up in the 60s in bellflower , ca told me that he a lot of people used to get robbed driving down imperial highway to and from lax

@Larry4009: Thanks!

Just FYI, I noticed that I-5 south of the el toro Y interchange now has open access hov lanes... Not that it makes a big difference :)

If that one point is the 2nd busiest section on the whole of I-5, then what is the first? Just got curious about that, when I saw that. :)

@danie123182: Glad you enjoyed!

@IsoscelesKramer: I may attempt to film this in the southbound direction. Encountering those very same curves is a much bigger thrill, as you drive them going downhill!

@ScrewdUPClickV2: Word!

@TheDeen114: Hey there. I use a Flip Ultra 3rd generation camcorder with 8 GB of built-in memory, and have a heavy-duty Manfrotto tripod that I situate on the passenger floor. I keep my laptop with me, so that when the 2 hours of recording time are up, I can quickly upload the footage to my laptop, then clear the internal memory to continue recording. Oh yeah, and keep a spare battery with you, as the battery life isn't really all that great (less than 2 hours).

As in time/speed to get from San Diego to lets say Torrance-- would it be worth the money to pay for the 73 toll road-- or should I just take the I-5 to I-405

@cpDq231: Thank you!

my dream... just to visit at least...

@HoltCalifornia I think it's worth the money to take the 73 toll road as a shortcut. I have on a couple of occasions. A lot less traffic and you are treated to a more beautiful scenery.

@jasonmildward: Haha, that's cool. I've been thru southern Kansas before (stayed with a family friend in Ulysses for a couple of nights). Did our super-wide and busy freeways scare you off a little bit at first? My friend from small-town Mississippi told me she was freaked out, the first time she drove an L.A. freeway. Wasn't used to seeing 12/14+ lanes and a ton of cars in a never-ending succession.

The freaking California Highway Patrol motorcycles sit on the side and watch closely. They even get you for tint if they can't see.

Looks like a year ago I posted a comment that was never answered. So I've decided I'll ask it again. LOL If that one point you mentioned is the 2nd busiest section on the whole of I-5, then what is the first?

@espdavid21: Thank you!

passed right by my house!

enjoyed

I think its at the orange crush interchange

Freewaybrent needs a new video!!

@HoltCalifornia: Just a couple of months ago, actually.

I am living in the OC do you live in Southern California?

@kitme: Oh yeah? Your first time to So Cal? Where are you from?

3:21 if Caltrans did the sign right it would have said 5 Freeway North Santa Ana Los Angeles. The original sign in 2004 would say 5 fwy North Los Angeles

@FreewayBrent: There are a lot of autobahn´s in Germany but only a few of them carry so much traffic. And not as much as arround Los Angeles =) I will make a video of our autobahn A 29 from Oldenburg to BadZwischenahn and upload it on youtube. Hope you´II like it =)

Okay Brent.(1)O Orange Street in Redlands west on 10 all the way to the end of the 10 in Santa Monica. My guess is eighty miles. 2) On the 5 heading north at San Diego/exact Orange County border in San Clemente the 5 all the way up the Southland;at 60/10 follow straight up onto the 101 by Downtown LA all the way into the valley to exact Los Angeles/Ventura County line near TA, Westlake Blvd Route 23. Exact mileage please. My guess is ninety-five miles.

this is not a wide highway! here in europa we have 5 and 6 lines in one directions some times. so that is 12 driving lines, and on both sides a emmergencie line.(that is wide), this is just an orderner wide road

How do they make sure the HOV is used by multiple people only cars? What happens if you get caught?

@georgiaroadgeek: And likewise, I'd like to go back and drive around the ATL again!

@WashfromCali: Hey man, I feel ya. Some things *never* change in the OC, such as the good weather, the beaches, and the hot women, lol.

i always go to I-5

what city you pass on i-5

AKA "Carpool Lane"

@96justinpark: lol, you asked and I delivered. Check out my I-105 West video, which was released just a few days ago.