Another "teenagers in high speed car chase" incident

I don’t see what the problem is – They were probably just trying to get to the Cube – to discover their true identities……

The biggest problem is that if crim’s catch on to the guidelines the first they will do is drive in such a way as to ensure the cops halt the pursuit. Once that happens they know they’ve won so to speak.

Crims should be hunted down and any damage from such a pursuit (including any harm to other citizens) should lay squarely on the crims feet and should be included in their charges.

Its not just about V8’s and high powered police vehicles, as I understand it. Its more about the cops conducting a pursuit within laid down guidelines that adopt the best safety principles for all involved. Even the average six cylinder Commodore or Falcon will do over 200ks and a modern Tarago will do a lot more than 120ks. It puts the cops into a dilema of chasing or not chasing and I guess they are dammed both ways. I think, providing they take safety of all into account, they should chase. If not the crooks will see it as open slather and know they will get away. I read about a device in America that can be pointed at a vehicle and when triggered electronically disrupt the running vehicles electronics causing it to stop. Also there are vehicle immobilisers that can be fitted to cars that can be shut down with such as a mobile telephone call, causing the car to stop.I am also aware that these are in some use in Australia but still under development. The cops are watching the outcome with interest, as I understand it with concerns that if they shut down a car at speed and the power steering/brakes etc are not working as a result it might cause a worse accident.
The secondary issue of offenders getting slaps on the wrist/suspended sentence serves to make the problem even worse. It might be the opposite in court situation where an electronic “motivator” might be fitted to certain judges/magistrates. Any thoughts?

Are we sure the surname isn’t huggins ? c’mon everyone hug and go awwwwww

“Remeber the last big police car chase – the ATM granny robber who was eventually boxed in in Ainslie, damaging a few police cars?

Yesterday he got a:

Suspended sentence.

He should at least have to pay for the damaged cars.”

And who was the Judge – well none other than the wonderful Justice Higgins!

Clearly these kids won’t rise above your average dumb ass crim if all they’ve aimed for is a tarago.

I suspect, though, that having quick cars (ie big, tuned V8s, or even tweaked turbos) as pursuit cars may make people reconsider running from the cops, given that they would drive quick cars and have reasonably good levels of driver training.

I saw an ad on the telly over the weekend for a “High Speed Pursuit” remote control set – complete with black V8 Ford or Holden (forgive my ignorance here) and “authentic police V8 Ford highway patrol car”.
So, nothing like encouraging those groups of kiddies that like to steal Tarago’s…

Do the cops use V8s any more? I’ve seen an XR6 Turbo, but not sure about any V8s these days (except perhaps highway patrol). That said, trying to outrun the cops is a pretty dumb thing to do (especially in a Tarago).

Remeber the last big police car chase – the ATM granny robber who was eventually boxed in in Ainslie, damaging a few police cars?

Yesterday he got a:

Suspended sentence.

He should at least have to pay for the damaged cars.