Its time we ban news organizations from broadcasting police chases live in my opinion. I’ve been waiting for something like this to happen over a Los Angeles freeway since OJ’s infamous slow speed chase.
When it gets to the point the west coasters start viewing it as a ‘snow day’ its time to put an end to it.
That seems like a drastic solution. Perhaps some collision avoidance technology could alert the pilots when they are too close together or on a collision course.
It’s also past time for localities to pass the most stringent feasible penalties for all the scumbags who cause these high-speed chases — too many think it’s a lark, and even hope to be on TV.... some places are now forbidding the police from almost any kind of high-speed pursuit, but what they most need to is create penalties so steep that no one would even think of racing away from police. I know that may not help with the people under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, which may be most of the cases, but at least we could throw the book at those bastards. Anyone racing away from police endangers the lives of many and should be charged with felony counts, lose their license (if they even have one) for many years, and face serious jail time.
I have a hard time with any statement that begins with those four words.
Not likely, but if a news chopper had run into a police chopper tracking the suspect I wonder what kind of heat we might see.
Ban them?
Whooa...
In LA you can have 3 law enforcement helicopters and 6 news helicopters covering the the same event, and do it perfectly safe, as they do many, many times a year.
When it gets to the point the west coasters start viewing it as a ‘snow day’ its time to put an end to it.
What does this mean?