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Originally Posted by Draper
This didn't end badly for anyone aside from the M4 owner, but had the streets been busier it may have have.
In all honesty I wonder if LEOs ever consider the cost/benefit to pursue someone?
Should they bear some responsibility if they decide to pursue someone who has proven they are willing to hit 140+ on surface streets?
Is there a point at which they should call it, and walk away? How much does pride play a factor here?
It's one thing if they are suspected of some sort of violent offense, but it sounds like this initially was just a speeding ticket. Like who cares?
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Walk away? Let me try to understand you here. So if someone who is committing an offense shows that they are capable of taking extreme measures (e.g. going over 140 mph), then law enforcement should stop and let this person go because they are too dangerous? If this was the case, wouldn't it create a loophole where anyone can just speed even more to avoid a ticket?
Conversely, would you consider that this person, who clearly doesn't have a respect for authority or rules, should be taken into custody and have his license revoked because he theoretically puts ppl in danger every single time he drives by speeding excessively?
Speeding, getting caught, and then pulling over shows that the person is capable of accepting responsibility. Speeding, getting caught, and then running away from the police shows a pathologic person in need some life intervention.
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Originally Posted by Draper
it sounds like this initially was just a speeding ticket. Like who cares?
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^ it works the other way too - if it's just a speeding ticket, who cares? Why not just pull over?