Wild Mustang Chase
08-20-2006, 10:04 PM
#11
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RE: Wild Mustang Chase
ORIGINAL: doodad
l have seen this one hudreds times.. still cool though.. that was a v6 mustang.
l have seen this one hudreds times.. still cool though.. that was a v6 mustang.
Just think what he could have done with a GT. Nice piece of driving, even if he was a total idiot.
08-21-2006, 12:51 AM
#14
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RE: Wild Mustang Chase
If I'm not too much mistaken, cops aren't supposed to engage the PIT maneuver at such high speeds. For one, its dangerous.......for the suspect, the cop, and the surrounding public. Secondly, for the reasons you see on the video for yourself..........at higher speeds the car's tireslip when spun allows him to continue manipulating the steering to get the car back on track. At slower speeds, the same maneuver would screech the suspect's car to a near halt.
08-21-2006, 01:19 AM
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RE: Wild Mustang Chase
ORIGINAL: superiormirage
I think the cops can use their judgement on that, and in this guy's case, there wasn't any other traffic around when the cop bumped him. I showed that video to my father (who's a retired cop and has been in a number of high-speed chases.) He said basically the job of the officers is to stop the vehicle as soon as they can. The longer a chase goes on, the higher the more the risk for the crook to crash the car into innocent civilians.
If I'm not too much mistaken, cops aren't supposed to engage the PIT maneuver at such high speeds. For one, its dangerous.......for the suspect, the cop, and the surrounding public. Secondly, for the reasons you see on the video for yourself..........at higher speeds the car's tireslip when spun allows him to continue manipulating the steering to get the car back on track. At slower speeds, the same maneuver would screech the suspect's car to a near halt.
08-21-2006, 01:39 AM
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RE: Wild Mustang Chase
ORIGINAL: bl1nkage
And how would you know its a V6...?
ORIGINAL: doodad
l have seen this one hudreds times.. still cool though.. that was a v6 mustang.
l have seen this one hudreds times.. still cool though.. that was a v6 mustang.
08-21-2006, 01:47 AM
#19
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RE: Wild Mustang Chase
lol.. its not even a new model Stang, so the only way you would be able to tell whether it was a 6 or not is if you saw the exhaust, or the emblems, and from that video you cant see either.
08-21-2006, 01:54 AM
#20
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RE: Wild Mustang Chase
im pretty sure it was a v6 to to be honest it was on my news for like i said 2 weeks and they showed close ups after the chase and wreck and if i member right it was a v6. Like i said it happened like 4 miles from my house.