Quote: They had like 40 minutes, that's enough to try a few things
Time is not exactly the point.
The point is you get one chance at 100mph -- at that speed either they crash and live or they crash and die, the chance of coming to a safe stop involuntarily is virtually nil. You get one chance to make the best decision for the situation.
Quote: And even if that 17 yr old didn't try to stop the driver, I doubt they were like yeah go faster, go faster, weeee , I bet we can escape from the police
Oh, come on!. That's exactly what most 17 year olds are going to do.