Story highlights Man with signs on his car flees police at a snail's pace

He shows "V" sign with his hands to pedestrians; his hazard lights flash

Police apprehend the driver and also cuff and take in the man who stops him

Los Angeles (CNN) Halt! A pedestrian stopped a motorist evading California police Friday evening by calmly stepping in front of his car. The chase ended, when police cuffed the man behind the wheel -- and the man who stopped him.

They took them both of them in, aerial video from CNN affiliate KABC showed

The driver had led police on less of a car chase and more of a car crawl.

In a "slow-speed pursuit," the driver of a black Mustang convertible led at least three police vehicles down a long stretch of Ventura Boulevard, one of Los Angeles' major thoroughfares, police said.

It started when police received a call about a possible DUI, and when officers stopped the man, he puttered away from them.

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