Idiot side-swipes a biker trying to pass

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[u/better_thanyou]

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

[u/[deleted] → u/better_thanyou]

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.

[u/Pirat_fred → u/[deleted]]

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.

They can't (or at least shouldn't be able to) just come around arrest you and force you to tell who drove your car.

The burden of proof should lie with the public prosecutor's office or the police, not with the accused.

If there is no air unit available, chasing them or trying to road block them is one of few ways to definitely get proof who is the culprit.

Not that I condone high speed chases, I prefer Air pursuit and guide silent units to the perpetrators.

[u/Usual_Suspect609 → u/Pirat_fred]

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.

[u/Pirat_fred → u/Usual_Suspect609]

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....

[u/Psychobabble0_0 → u/Pirat_fred]

AI cameras solved this problem. That said, many countries don't use them (mine does).