[Kirkwood]

I never understood the fascination that people in California have with car chases. Did that start with OJ?

[P-40]

I never understood the fascination that people in California have with car chases.

I like the one here in Texas that made a COPS episode...where the officer just rams the fleeing car, causing it to roll...and the officer just announces that the suspect is stopped and disabled at so-and-so street. :)

[dragnet2]

I never understood the fascination that people in California have with car chases.

Think crime, chase, blood, carnage etc.....It's human nature to be a spectator, and makes big news...Whether you understand it or not, it's big news and it will continue to be covered by news agencies, and naturally, people will continue to be spectators.

[BobS]

When you see one right around where you live on TV it seems to get interesting. The choppers are gone. The cops are gone. And the lovers in the park found another place to go. There is very little crime here because a lot of L.A. Police, Highway Patrol, Sheriffs Deputies and Fire Dept. people live between here and Simi Valley. It's quiet.

Don't you think surrounding an idiot with 12 cars sends a message?

[BunnySlippers]

I don’t think it’s fascination.

It’s just that the LAPD has the nation’s largest fleet of helicopters for law enforcement... and there are a lot of media helicopters as well.

I live in the Hollywood Hills and at any one time I can look out the window and see copters either flying around or in an actuve chase for a suspect on the ground.