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"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 05/06/2019 at 01:57 • Filed to: Police

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Trackhawk does not = common everyday car:

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facw > Steve in Manhattan 05/06/2019 at 02:13

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I would say most of those are not common everyday cars (though they may be based on common everyday cars). The ones that are common probably can’t actually outrun the police. And regardless of who you are, you can’t outrun the radio.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Steve in Manhattan 05/06/2019 at 02:33

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30 common everyday cars whose drivers think they can outrun the police, which proves to be true for a few miles till they wrap themselves round a lamppost:

1 Subaru WRX

2 Subaru WRX

3 Subaru WRX

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28 Subaru WRX

29 Civic Type R

30 Nissan S kyline GTS

Steve in Manhattan > facw 05/06/2019 at 02:51

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... there is that ...

PS9 > Steve in Manhattan 05/06/2019 at 02:59

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Police have a helicopter. Your car, no matter what it is, cannot out run that. 

PS9 > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/06/2019 at 03:01

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‘Skyline GTS’ oh man, that addition is too real. I can totally see someone thinking they’ve basically got the Calsonic Godzilla trying to outrun the V8 cop cars in their little ~200HP or so non-R Skyline.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > PS9 05/06/2019 at 03:16

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Where I live they’re a contender for “most riced car owned by youngest kids”. Want the 2F2F image but got no cash? Get a JDM Skyline coupe and go wild with cheap mods.

Consequently they feature strongly in single-car-accident and police chase  stats. Though a long way behind Imprezas. 

atfsgeoff > PS9 05/06/2019 at 03:19

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Police helicopters usually can’t go much past 150. Plenty of cars that can outrun one of them, given a long enough stretch of open road.

Kar Wai Wong > Steve in Manhattan 05/06/2019 at 03:23

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Googles list of various sport saloons. Sprinkle in some hot hatches and trucks and BAM!

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Ford Raptor

“ Of course, this is not your ordinary pickup.”

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atfsgeoff > facw 05/06/2019 at 03:24

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 And regardless of who you are, you can’t outrun the radio.

Sure you can. All it takes is evasive maneuvers and enough power to get ahead and out of sight from the guy radioing in your last known heading. Not that I condone such a thing. but saying it can’t be done is patently false.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > PS9 05/06/2019 at 03:24

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Hold my beer...

CRider > PS9 05/06/2019 at 03:28

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Outrunning a helicopter isn't that hard. The problem is the rather poor fuel economy most cars have at that speed, and their small fuel tanks. 

PS9 > atfsgeoff 05/06/2019 at 03:43

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Ahh yes, that magical stretch of straight road with no other traffic on it that you will definitely find and the police won’t. It’ll also lead directly into a foreign nation with no extradition treaties with the US. It’s the bank robbery part that’s hard. Getaways are easy!

Also, here’s another dose of reality; outrunning an aircraft is not the same as outrunning another vehicle. The whole advantage to a chopper is that it has almost no restrictions in it’s direction of movement and an extremely wide cone of visibility, vs. a car that can only go where the road is and can only be as fast as the slowest obstacle . It doesn’t need to be faster than you to spot you wherever you’re going, and you will slow down to avoid inevitable obstacles (or stop entirely after hitting something and taking non-recoverable damage)

Life is not a game of Need for Speed. Once the chopper is out, you will not outrun it. E ven if you technically can, you definitely won’t, and that doesn’t matter anyway since it doesn’t need to be as fast as you to maintain track on  your position .

CB > Steve in Manhattan 05/06/2019 at 03:43

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Good luck outrunning radio.

atfsgeoff > PS9 05/06/2019 at 04:13

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Counterpoint:

PS9 > CRider 05/06/2019 at 04:22

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This video actually demonstrates the extreme difficulty of outrunning a chopper. For almost the entirety of the chase, the car’s position was monitored and tracked by the helicopter, and this information was almost certainly being shared with forces on the ground. For 90% of this chase , the getaway car’s whereabouts where known . If a chopper can still track your position in real time after you’ve ‘outran’ it, you haven’t outr an it. If outrunning a chopper doesn’t mean nullifying the advantages it has over you, outrunning it doesn’t matter. We see here how outrunning the chopper works in real life ; even when you can, you can’t.

We should also note that law enforcement has a responsibility to try to end chases like these with minimal-to-zero loss of innocent life. Protect and Serve and all that. At 19:43, you can see that the hellcat passes a police unit. A takedown attempt could have been made right then and there, but that would have likely compounded an already dangerous situation. Thanks to the chopper, we know where he’s headed, so it’s best for the safety of everyone on this crowded freeway to let him pass and try to take him down somewhere that isn’t a busy freeway. Fortunately for everyone, he ran out of gas and that became unnecessary .

Josh - the lost soldier > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/06/2019 at 05:52

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I’d put the Golf R and Focus RS in that category as well, but you’re right that there’s a lot of WRX dude-bros who think they’re invincible and can outrun the police.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Steve in Manhattan 05/06/2019 at 07:23

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Surprised to see the Spirit RT on there!

Also surprised the Challenger/Charger aren’t on there.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > facw 05/06/2019 at 07:24

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What about the common everyday version of said car with a hot motor stuffed under the hood.......

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/06/2019 at 08:44

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i86hotdogs > PS9 05/06/2019 at 09:11

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Nic Cage did in gone in 60 Seconds

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Josh - the lost soldier 05/06/2019 at 10:53

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Back when I AX’ed the 2011 Elantra Touring the WRX bros that showed up hated that thing sooooo bad. With good tires, strut braces, and EBC brake pads I was consistently the fastest stock hatchback (there was a guy with a bonkers modded CRX that was unbeatable when it was running right) and often in the top 5-7 at the event.

Moral of the Story: WRX  Cop Escape Pod

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 05/06/2019 at 10:55

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Spirit R/ T is legendary.

BigBlock440 > PS9 05/06/2019 at 11:18

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For almost the entirety of the chase, the car’s position was monitored and tracked by the helicopter, and this information was almost certainly being shared with forces on the ground. 

Maybe to some extent, but it lost the police chopper and ended up being picked up by a news chopper and their big lens, that’s what you’re watching in the video.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/06/2019 at 12:04

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It’s still a quick car by modern standards!

Definitely a car I would love to have in my driveway.

Steve in Manhattan > CRider 05/06/2019 at 22:38

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And the police have more than one helicopter ...

CRider > PS9 05/07/2019 at 02:31

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The point is, you *can* outrun a helicopter in a car. If the cops don't know where you are for even a few minutes, it can be enough to hide/get away. It happens. The fact that the guy in the video was in a rural area with nowhere to hide makes that almost impossible to do, but it can be done. People do occasionally evade the cops, though it's not usually by just outright outrunning them. 

CRider > Steve in Manhattan 05/07/2019 at 02:33

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It's usually one police helicopter and a news helicopter (or three) that actually follow the pursuit. I've seen chases where the cops lose the guy and the news helicopters find him first. 

Steve in Manhattan > CRider 05/07/2019 at 14:00

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Fucking news helicopters are the reason I can’t sleep in on Thanksgiving - the Macy’s balloons are blow up on Central Park West, so the goddamn things turn around over our building starting around 6:30am ....

CRider > Steve in Manhattan 05/07/2019 at 21:37

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Hey, that annual helicopter alarm clock is a featur e ! You don’t pay ungodly amounts of money to live there for nothing!