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09-21-2009, 09:19 PM
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#1 | | private modder
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| Spezza's brother chases guy in a Porsche
Is this a good news story about a couple good samaritans? Or is it just a guy showing off his Porsche? http://www.cbc.ca/clips/mov/thibedea...dent090921.mov
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09-21-2009, 09:20 PM
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#2 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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He's an idiot for reaching speeds that high with a passenger in his car and risking the lives of other drivers. He should be charged imo.
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09-21-2009, 09:24 PM
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Ahh that's a toughie... Props to them for helping with the arrest.. but.. at the risk of his passenger + other people in the neighborhood?
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09-21-2009, 09:25 PM
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Conversation between guy and reporter:
Can you show more of my car please? How about more shots of me driving the car? And can I say how fast my car goes? Oh and please can you send me a copy of this? You can email me a quicktime. Actually no wait, can I have a DVD too? And can I send a copy to all my friends?
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09-21-2009, 09:53 PM
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were they highway driving? 170 isnt even that fast on the highway
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09-21-2009, 09:58 PM
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Well the issue is he was in a high speed pursuit and high speed pursuits are never safe at any speed.
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09-21-2009, 10:07 PM
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This one is a toughie..I think it's all good though because of the positive outcome, otherwise if anything happened then yes they should be charged
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09-21-2009, 10:28 PM
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Wow awesome story, I need a 997 turbo to chase down baddies !!!
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09-21-2009, 10:52 PM
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yeah charge em i say they were speeding, wreckless driving etc..
its like nhl and head shots. if noone gets hurt noone gets suspended. If the porsche hit innocent people, they'd be singing a different tune
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09-21-2009, 10:55 PM
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Give them benefit of the doubt. Put laws in place and start charging people after that.
It turned out well but they put alot of
lives at risk. 170km PLUS talking on cell phone lol.
P.s, am I the only one that thinks those 2 guys are a couple
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09-21-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by greendb7  This one is a toughie..I think it's all good though because of the positive outcome, otherwise if anything happened then yes they should be charged | The ends do not justify the means... the dude should have stopped the chase after giving the license plate #
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09-21-2009, 11:05 PM
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Hm... Speeding and on the phone...? O rly?
Honestly that's a tough one... but the fact that while they were in pursuit, for im assuming 20 minutes as thats how long the video says it took the officers to catch up, with the response team... would probably cause me to assume that it were alright, especially if I was in the moment
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09-21-2009, 11:07 PM
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#13 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by azzurro32 P.s, am I the only one that thinks those 2 guys are a couple |
I almost choked on my orange juice after reading this because come to think of it, they do look like a couple, lol.
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09-21-2009, 11:12 PM
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Reaching up to speed of 170km/h. That doesn't mean he went 170km/h all the way, he could have just sped up to 170km/h at one point and kept a constant 120km/h or so.
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09-21-2009, 11:13 PM
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whoever was on the phone shoulda told them to stop ~
i dont think they should be charged?
if anything accidents happened during the chase then maybe ...
but in this situation i think the operator was at fault
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09-21-2009, 11:19 PM
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getting away with speeding is always awesome
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09-21-2009, 11:25 PM
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I've done this following a drunk driver on the freeway. Unfortunately the police didn't intercept before their roof found the pavement.
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09-21-2009, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by KuSouL whoever was on the phone shoulda told them to stop ~
i dont think they should be charged?
if anything accidents happened during the chase then maybe ...
but in this situation i think the operator was at fault | The driver can say the operator allowed him to continue the pursuit if by any chance he gets involve in an accident.
Operator's fault for sure.
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09-21-2009, 11:42 PM
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^ +1. Operator said to be safe about it. If anything it is the police department's fault. But at least they are pushing for a law/guideline to deal with the public being involved in pursuits. Quote:
Originally Posted by Major153 The ends do not justify the means... the dude should have stopped the chase after giving the license plate # | What about that 300zx thread. Holly and Dustin followed a swerving, reckless driver. After phoning the police and giving the trucks info, they should have stopped following right? But they didn't. Should they be charged?
What about the guy who witnessed 2 guys robbing a car. He called police, the operator told him not to pursuit them. What did he do? He followed them. Should he be charged?
In both cases if they were driving at an excessive speed or not I don't think they should be charged, unless they caused an accident or something. I know the end does not justify the mean. But when people witness something like this, they don't just give what information they know and call it a day. They want to be there till the end. Put yourself in anyone of these 3 situations. Some guy steals a car. You call the police and you tell them the license plate number, make, model, and direction they are headed. Now do you just not do anything else? I would say most people would at least try and follow them. If they were driving at 120km/h and getting away, would you follow them at 60km/h? I doubt it. They would be long gone and you should have just listened to the operator and not pursued. I'm sure you would try and keep them in your view.
It might not make complete sense, but I'm tired. I also still have work to finish. All in all, this is a tricky situation. And everyone has their own opinion. Do I need a flame suit for this one?
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09-21-2009, 11:49 PM
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It is probably ten times safer being the chasing car than the leading car... because if there are any hidden surprises, the lead car would have bit it and the trailing car would have time to slow down.
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09-22-2009, 12:31 AM
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least it wasn't for 20 cents
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09-22-2009, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul It is probably ten times safer being the chasing car than the leading car... because if there are any hidden surprises, the lead car would have bit it and the trailing car would have time to slow down. | The point they're going after is that if those guy stopped pursuing, would the criminal then slow down and drive at normal speeds?
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09-22-2009, 12:44 AM
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170km is fast but it isn't crazy fast...
and from what the guy said, and the road they were on, it didn't seem that dangerous?
good for them.
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09-22-2009, 01:05 AM
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You had one guy in a truck who just assulted a girl fleeing from one untrained driver in a high end sports car with 2 passengers. If cops took longer who knows what mat happen.
Also what they expect to do? What if they stopped and he had a gun?
I don't think they should be ticketed, but they should use this as an example to what not to do in future cases
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09-22-2009, 06:00 AM
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