Originally published at: Watch a driver fleeing the police lose control of his car | Boing Boing
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Never really took an interest in those videos before. I’m a little surprised by the continual professional-sports -commentator patter; not living in L.A. I didn’t know they’d been honed to that level of presentation.
I guess I can continue to live without it.
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Said it before - but they need to make highspeed chases carry a public endangerment penalty similar to attempted homicide.
I know the argument is don’t bother chasing and nobody gets hurt - but I think in some cases you really do need to catch and detain these people.
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The line of permanently parked RVs provides that added L.A. touch.
Los Angeles police pursuit videos on YouTube have never failed to entertain me.
Back in the pre-YouTube days, watching the chases live was even better. A sitcom once did a whole episode focused on the entire city shutting down whenever one happened.
I think it’s a required skill for on-air talent at SoCal news outlets.
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That’s so true to life. They would be broadcast live with multiple stations. helicopters fighting for the shot.
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That RV was probably someone’s home he hit. Hopefully they weren’t in it at the time. Note that there was another one parked a few yards away.
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Since it happened at night, chances are that was someone in it. RV living is one of the many ways people cope with the city’s unaffordable housing market.
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On the other side of the equation is that the RVs are frequently parked around elementary schools and libraries here so it likely saved a classroom or other learning space? Looking for the positive…
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Only if it’s applied to the police who do the chasing.
With modern technology, there’s no need to chase someone. You can’t outrun drones/cameras/helicopters.
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Not sure that these tools are ubiquitous as one might think.
And - I suppose there are good points to be made to decrease the amount of passive and active surveillance available to law enforcement - not increase.
Complex issue for sure.
It kind of looks like he was just attempting a Drifting manoeuvre, maybe with no previous experience or calibration.
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