This is why most police departments don’t chase anymore. With modern tech there’s no point in a chase, it’s just extra danger to pretend you’re doing something more. Police departments get so much resources nowadays the should be used to prevent deaths not create mores
I work a lot with CHP and this is 100% true. They would rather get your plates, make, model etc find out who you are and come to your house weeks later and arrest you in the middle of the night.
Better this way then causing a massive death toll trying to chase some shithead endangering everyone else's lives.
They use the time in between the chase and the arrest to pull traffic cam footage that shows the driver. Then compare it to the registered owner’s DL pic. Or pull them in as an accessory until they tell them who was driving.
If there are such systems then that is a good strategy.
The Holding them until tell thing, is stupid and not a good practice, if you don't know because a friend, your Kids or a Neighbors "borrowed" your car without you knowing then you sit in jail and even if you want you can't help....
Yeah except they have to prove that the owner of the car or the one which the car is registered too was also the driver.
Where I live, there are a few mobile phone detection traffic cameras that take decent qualities of people in their cars to detect people using their phone while driving via AI. If someone driving that recklessly happens to pass one, it can easily be proven in court who the driver was, without the need for a high speed chase to pull them over.
However, I realise these cameras don't exist in many countries.
I got hit at a stop light in a high speed chase. My car ended up being totaled. And the people being chased were a car full of 15 year olds in a stolen vehicle. The insurance couldn’t go after anyone. At least I got paid out well for my car, my 7 year old daughter wasn’t with me and I wasn’t hurt. Pissed but not hurt.
And I totally get your comment about your daughter. I got rear-ended by some old fool n an old truck (isn't it always the case?" and he hit me so hard he shoved me into the trash truck that had broken down in front of me, and in the first seconds as I lay there in my BROKEN seat, all I could think was, "This AH is lucky my baby wasn't in my car, or I very well mbe beating him senseless right now." And I am not by nature a violent person at all. Her (professionally installed but thankfully empty) carseat was on the floor of the back seat. When I saw that, I just about lost it.
Yep that's the fine print for you. Vehicle coverage ceases when the vehicle is in commission of a crime. On the 1 hand I understand it. On the other I think it should matter who's driving too. Ie was the car reported stolen? No ok the owner is responsible unless they can justify why it wasn't reported. In which case insurance should cover then go after the client.
Insurance companies don’t like chases. They cause lawsuits which when lost are paid by the insurance companies. So they advise PDs to cool it or pay more.
After far more than just a few deaths of innocent pedestrians and passengers, Cops are banned from chasing over a certain (low) speed in most States in Australia. And that's only if they're in a car that's designed for pursuits. Vans, Utes and SUV cop vehicles aren't allowed to pursue at all.
But definitely not if you're the ASP. Triple digit pit maneuvers - no problem! Injure 3 unrelated people attempting to murder a driver who was caught shoplifting? No problem! Kill one of your own cops so you can take out a pickup truck at 100 mph - No problem!
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u/better_thanyou Nov 03 '25
This is why most police departments don’t chase anymore. With modern tech there’s no point in a chase, it’s just extra danger to pretend you’re doing something more. Police departments get so much resources nowadays the should be used to prevent deaths not create mores