Looking at the Tube of You, I have come across a LOT of videos of police chases, mostly involving Arkansas State Patrol and Little Rock Police, at speeds in excess of 140 mph with some over 160! These are on public roads with other people being endangered. One subject, dubbed the "Undefeated Charger", has eluded authorities 7 (or more) times though it appears he was caught in a rush hour chase where the Charger met an abandoned gas station.
Is this just a Youtube bias or is there something going on in Arkansas making running from the police into a local sport?
The local talent in Los Angeles have discovered driving into the area of tall buildings in downtown makes loosing the police helicopter pretty easy. There was a (C7 I think) Corvette that was doing 150 down the freeways (no license plate) that lost the cops by (likely) ducking into a parking structure downtown.
I don't think they are aware of it but driving under the approach path of LAX (almost always very busy) has the same effect.
So yeah, I think it's a "thing" with the "really need to be in jail" crowd. I am sure the tricky tocky hits are part of some of it and I suspect it's everywhere.
High speed drones seems like they might be a good solution for this.
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UltimaDork
3/4/24 7:06 a.m.
I'm pretty addicted to these. It's fun yelling "Hit him now!" at the TV. 
These appeal to my dislike of bad guys and my unrealised desire to be a stunt driver.
Anyway, I don't think this is unique to AR, only that AR allows the videos to be used in the public domain. Georgia does also. You can also find some from Michigan and Ohio if you search. There are just some guys who have figured it out and now have money-making YT channels because they can get the videos. I've seen some negative press about AR and their PIT rules of engagement because of the proliferation of videos we can all watch.
As a regular viewer of police chases, my own perspective is this: fleeing in a car with complete disregard for the rest of the populace isn't much different to me than a guy running through a crowded mall with a gun drawn. Having seen the instances where a pursued felon or DUI crashes into innocent folks and causes injury or death I'm all for taking them out. Decisions have consequences. Run from the police in a 3000+ pound projectile and get sent into the woods. Some of these are very bad people too, with guns they aren't afraid to use. Crash survivability is pretty high with modern cars so most of the time the pursued idiot can still get out and try to run.
It's been my observation that quickly punting a guy a few minutes in to a chase (AR) is vastly superior to miles of pursuit waiting for the perp to slow down to a 'rules of engagement' speed that may take 30 minutes or more of racing through traffic(FL).
Not pursuing as a policy...that sends a message similar to the 'not interfering with shoplifters', and look where we are with that.
BTW: I can always tell when the camera car is a Charger vs any of the near-useless SUVS. Just watch the speed acceleration rate. Those Chargers are impressive.
