10/01/2008 @ 11:13:24: antp: Police chases
10/01/2008 @ 15:23:33: CarChasesFanatic: Police chases
haha, the last bit is the best
10/01/2008 @ 19:24:23: G-MANN: Police chases
The other night I was going to bed (late as usual) and I was watching TV for a few minutes (as I do before I try to get some sleep) and there was this show hosted by Sheriff John Bunnell about cars getting hit by trains. There were lots of clips of vehicles (including big lorries) stuck on railway tracks getting ploughed into by big freight trains (American locomotives are all big blocky things). I mean what are the odds of your car just happening to stop over tracks? And doesn't it occur to anyone to get out and push? And then they showed clips of people trying to race over the crossing instead of stopping and waiting for the train to pass, only missing being hit by a second or two. Bunnell said that roughly 400 people a year in America die through trying this kind of thing, I mean even though that's a tiny percentage of the population, it still sounds like a lot!
10/01/2008 @ 21:07:18: antp: Police chases
People do not seem to realize the danger of these crossing I guess.
That's probably the reason why these nearly all disappeared in Belgium (and France I suppose), replaced by bridges or tunnels.
Also probably because a road crossing for TVG trains is out of question
13/01/2008 @ 03:55:12: MBSL65fan: Police chases
Aw man, that trailer.
13/01/2008 @ 14:52:58: G-MANN: Police chases
You mean the "caravan" in the video at the top of the page?
16/01/2008 @ 21:01:35: ingo: Police chases
I've seen a car chase with a police car in 1989 in Rome - along the Colosseo and both cars, the escaping and the police car, too, were Alfa Giulia Nuova's!
16/01/2008 @ 21:07:37: ingo: Police chases
My wife's brother is a police-officer close to Berlin. They are really learning, how to make a car chase. There are training-areas, owned by the police, for that lessons. Usually they take old, outcasted police-cars for that.
My brother-in-law sometimes works as an instructor over there. His personal special is "How to get a renitent person out of the car" - out of the windscreen. His remark: "I got all freaks out. Every time".
11/02/2008 @ 01:27:59: Neptune: Police chases
Ford_Guy might like this one (CCF may like it too)
A nice police chase through a city; the runner is driving the big silver Buick LeSabre. Toward the end of the chase (which is my favorite part
) an unmarked U222 Ford Expedition SSV runs the Buick down and rams it ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pax8lu551TM&feature=related11/02/2008 @ 10:50:59: CarChasesFanatic: Police chases
That was good but, the wheel of the Buick broke very easily didnt it?
11/02/2008 @ 17:37:27: Neptune: Police chases
Hard to say, the LeSabre is front wheel drive, and the suspect turned to the right (to avoid hitting the Ford Aerostar van on the left) and the right tire & wheel assembly of the Buick snagged on the on the pickup truck to the right (which was a Ford F-Series) The Buick was just too big to fit thru both vehicles.
13/02/2008 @ 03:27:26: ford_guy: Police chases
That was nice. Took him out hard and clean.
And you have to love "the swarm" towards the end.
By the way, the department in pursuit was the Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Department. Phoenix is in Maricopa County.
13/02/2008 @ 05:52:35: MBSL65fan: Police chases
ford guy, wasn't there a recent police chase somewhere in California lately? I heard there was.
15/02/2008 @ 01:55:15: ford_guy: Police chases
There's police chases in Los Angeles alone everyday. Or are you referring to a specific televised one?
15/02/2008 @ 03:10:38: MBSL65fan: Police chases
It was probably televised. I just heard of one recently from some kids at school. The last one I remember in the area was with The Nissan Titan that crashed on I think Highway 39.
15/02/2008 @ 10:06:37: antp: Police chases
impressive
15/02/2008 @ 23:37:38: ford_guy: Police chases
Sorry MBSL65fan, I can't recall having watched that one. The last chase I can recall watching was the one that ended with a standoff in Irwindale. I haven't been paying much attention to the news lately. I've just had about enough with hearing about politics and Britney. The only thing I've been paying attention to has been that deadly standoff in the San Fernando Valley that ended with 5 people dead, including the LAPD SWAT officer. I'm watching his funeral right now on TV.
Badlymad, that was a fake police chase. It was part of a promo for a video game. Did you notice how empty the streets were?
16/02/2008 @ 03:31:19: MBSL65fan: Police chases
I've just had about enough with hearing about politics and Britney.
Me too. Politics can wait and who give a crap about Britney? The media is only focusing on celebrities these days and why do we care?
