Quote: Once they slow down the cops spike em' at a safe speed. If they are stubourn they drive on the rims for a while, but a car can only take so much. The car will make the decision for them. The car stops, cops swarm it, take the driver down, and save the passenger.
See isn't that better, no one died.
It seems to me that somewhere during that 60 mile chase someone might have at least thought of doing something like that.
I'm sure that someone did think of that. Any cop would rather use a spike strtip if possible than risk his own life conducting a PIT maneuver. It was probably discarded with good reason, like perhaps the thought that they'd not slow down enough to matter.
I cruise at 85mph -- and that's regular everyday speed, and I'm far from alone at that speed. These guys were going over 100 -- so even if they were to "slow down", you're talking maybe 15mph slower. They certainly wouldn't go any slower than 85-95mph -- they might not have red and blues in their face, but the cops are still there and they're still trying to get away. A blow-out at that speed in any car, particularly an SUV, is still a likely fatal accident.
