Ever since
To Live and Die in L.A. no real-life car chase has been complete without a driving-the-wrong-way-on-the-freeway part.
I did watch one where the bad guys got away by dodging into a multi-level parking garage attached to a big shopping mall. That was that.
“bad guys got away by dodging into a multi-level parking garage attached to a big shopping mall.”
At least the helicopter can’t follow you.
Back in the latter 1920’s there was a cop in the City of Orange, CA well-known for harassing kids without any real cause. He’d pull ‘em over and about dismantle the whole interior looking for...whatever. And when he found nothing, he’d drive off leaving his innocent target at the road side trying to put their car back together.
Guy fell in behind my grandfather driving grandma home from High School & there was gonna be trouble, but grandpa was having none of it. He dropped her off, and was pedal to the metal by the time her feet hit the ground. Pop had a tuned up Model T that’d top 60mph, and the cop had nothing better, and pretty soon found himself outclassed. Still, it wasn’t enough advantage for Gramps to shake him, so he went off road into the local orange groves; up one row across several more, zig-zag, doubling back, and that siren kept getting fainter, and fainter. Finally, Grandpa hit the pavement again with the siren off in the distance, wheeled back around and went home.
Now, Grandpa and Grandma had a date that night, so here was a bit of a wrinkle: that cop was on duty ‘til midnight. What to do?
Back in the day, though,it wasn’t much to change a whole car body, and grandpa had two: a coup and a roadster. So, before He went in to clean up, he swapped one for the other. He and my grandmother passed by that same cop at least three times while were out that night, and the old buzzard was never the wiser.
Ever since To Live and Die in L.A. no real-life car chase has been complete without a driving-the-wrong-way-on-the-freeway part.TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. is a good movie...I also read the novel...Yes, Los Angeles Public Library had the book...The movie also had a good soundtrack...
Secret Service Agents Chance (William Peterson) and Vukovich (John Pankow) robs an undercover FBI agent...Then FBI agents chase Chance and Vukovich...The famous chase on the freeway happens...
Ruth Lanier (Darlanne Fluegel) told Chance about the guy with a lot of cash...She did not mention the fact the guy is an undercover FBI agent...
By the way, Fluegel died in 2017...Age 64...Early Alzheimer's disease.
