In Texas, eluding in a vehicle is as a bare minimum a Class B misdemeanor or state jail felony, first offense. A 3rd degree felony if they have ever been convicted of this before, or if someone is injured (including them) in the process. Or a 2nd degree if someone is killed by them or the police in the process.
And it is not exclusive to other applicable offenses, such as manslaughter in the last case.
They mean it.
I’ll add that I actually got to see this in practice once, while driving through West Texas. And clearly with “aggravating circumstances.” I’m just amazed how it happened in the first place.
Driving on the freeway, I see a Cadillac driving at high speed (90+) on the access, with a State Trooper close behind, lights flashing. Okay, that’s bad enough.
However, the Cadillac had New York plates, was decked out as a pimpmobile, including shag interior and fuzzy dice, and by all appearances there was a Nubian gentleman wearing a pimp suit driving.
This made me wonder at the time if someday, assuming I live to an extremely old age, if that Nubian will ever get out of prison.
Pessimist.
As an Optimist I would be thinking “wonder when they’ll have his funeral?”