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Originally posted by PackRat:
Not only did those two knuckleheads deserve what they got, the officer did the world a favor by getting rid of two complete morons before they could procreate. Darwin strikes again.
Harsh... 
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by PackRat:
Not only did those two knuckleheads deserve what they got, the officer did the world a favor by getting rid of two complete morons before they could procreate. Darwin strikes again.
Harsh...
I have no sympathy for the stupid. There are people far more deserving of my good thoughts than two dipshits that obviously lacked the common sense God gave a watermelon.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Kremi, how could they know where/when the break in traffic would be? You need a small window of opportunity when using spike strips in order to deploy them, and in traffic, that's darn near impossible. On a clear road, the officer can toss them out into the road, but not in traffic.
At 100mph in traffic there was NO WAY to know if/when any window of opportunity would ever present itself, much less where along the roadway it might happen.
Right you need a small window. A very small window. But let's say that strips wouldn't have worked,,, I think something else needs to be developed.
I can't believe how many people on here are calling the 17 yr old passenger a criminal. Like Sandman said they were probably too scared to do anything. And how do ya'll know they didn't try to stop the driver?
I guess I'm gonna have to never ride with anyone, because according to a lot of ya'll that makes me a criminal and I should die. 
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I like to think I don't associate with those who would run from the police with no regards for my safety and certainly a deathwish of their own.
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Get your balls together and do something about it. I'm sure that when they weren't doing 70+, the kid coulda easily given a sucker punch to the jaw, stomach or anything, and stopped that person, if she wasn't going to stop on her own. Oh and you can always jack the keys out of the ignition. There's plenty that coulda been done, if someone I was riding with tried to pull a stunt like that, and wouldn't have listened to me, you better believe I am gonna get pissed, and do whatever I can to stop them. They are as much a risk to me as to any cop following our car. It's insinuated that I am now an accomplice to this person, if I am not doing anything to stop their illegal activity.
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Originally posted by PlatoSVT:
Get your balls together and do something about it. I'm sure that when they weren't doing 70+, the kid coulda easily given a sucker punch to the jaw, stomach or anything, and stopped that person, if she wasn't going to stop on her own. Oh and you can always jack the keys out of the ignition. There's plenty that coulda been done, if someone I was riding with tried to pull a stunt like that, and wouldn't have listened to me, you better believe I am gonna get pissed, and do whatever I can to stop them. They are as much a risk to me as to any cop following our car. It's insinuated that I am now an accomplice to this person, if I am not doing anything to stop their illegal activity.
Yeah, but everyone isn't like you. Nothing the passenger did was illegal, from the information that I have. The passenger would have no legal requirement to try to stop the driver. And really think about this, someone who likely just got their license within the last 2 years is going to be scared sh!tless in a chase like this, too scared to do anything...
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
...let's say that strips wouldn't have worked, I think something else needs to be developed.
Agreed. There are a few things under development, and a few prototypes that are being tested, but so far I don't see a really practical alternative.
There was some kind of mini car with an EMP generator or sup'm on it that would rocket under the fleeing vehicle & disable the ignition system, but that was not practical. Some kind of variation on that sans the mini car would be cool.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I guess I'm gonna have to never ride with anyone, because according to a lot of ya'll that makes me a criminal and I should die.
WHAT? You have to be kidding. I agree that the passenger could have done something if they wanted to, maybe they did, we will never know. But what you are saying is that we should let them go because there is a passenger in there and let them possibly do more damage????? I am glad you are not a cop. Yes a few people are making stupid remarks, but I think you are paying more attention to them than the rational remarks. I don't think they deserved to die, but they had to be stopped!
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Why has no one here realized that in that 60 mile chase no one thought of blocking traffic to give them the opportunity they needed to do what they do? The police could have easily sowed down traffic behind the speeding car and blocked any on ramps long enough to stop them safely. Think about it, they caused a big a** traffic jam when they pitted and killed them so why couldn't they have blocked off traffic to try and stop them without killing them. There is a safer alternative to everything. The most dangerous thing of all is not at leat thinking of one. The officer that took them out had not been in that chase very long. Im sure he diddn't intend to kill them, but he could have at least taken a minute to consider all the alternatives. 
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Originally posted by Red92784:
Why has no one here realized that in that 60 mile chase no one thought of blocking traffic to give them the opportunity they needed to do what they do?
Think about how long it would take to set that up. You really think they could stop traffic and get the cars out of harms way long before that chase got there?
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