Mendoza faces felony child endangerment charges in addition to the traffic offenses.

In general, street racing is the product of a flawed decision-making process. You have to decide that whatever benefits you are receiving from it outweigh the substantial risk to yourself, and to others on the road. It doesn’t always go bad, but when it does, the results can be catastrophic.

26-year-old Jesus Mendoza is the king of bad decisions.

According to the California Highway Patrol, on the night of May 2, an officer tried to pull him over on the freeway after what was described as a street race took place. Instead of stopping, Mendoza decided to lead the police at speeds over 100 miles per hour onto city streets in San Diego on University Avenue, eventually crashing into another car and ending the chase.

The infant, though heavily down-rez’ed, was otherwise uninjured.

That was the point where the police discovered Mendoza’s 6-month-old child in an unsecured baby seat inside the Honda. To add one final bit of weirdness to the situation, firefighters had to break out the back glass of the Toyota struck by Mendoza’s Civic and flipped on its side to extricate the two dogs inside. Fortunately, none of the human or canine victims of Mendoza’s bad choices suffered significant injuries.

Release the hounds!

Mendoza can now add charges of fleeing from the police and felony child endangerment to his winning streak of 15 DMV violations since 2012, including speeding over 100 miles per hour, driving without a license or proof of insurance, and multiple failures-to-appear.

After being transported to the local children’s hospital, the infant was returned to his mother, who is also probably wondering about some of her own decisions.