Amongst the "Experts" there is no consensus of correct action here.
After working 12 years in local amulance service, I would never have the testicles to question the motives of a police pursuit. That being said, a duty sargent will often call of a pusuit using third person judgement. I wouldn't second guess him either. Unfortunately, when people do bad things, other folks get hurt by "Friendly Fire". The State PD in my state will not pursue a motorcycle, they have been blamed in the press for the death of too many hapless bikers who wrecked while being chased. WTF? Where are my rights? I'm driving 65 MPH, look in my mirror to change lanes, there's a bike about 500 feet behind me. I pull in front, holy crap, he screams by me going about 120! If I'd have killed him, I would have blamed myself and my sole would have been troubled for a long time. -- Peter Arnold Windsor, CT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:19:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bel Air vs Malibu and crumple zones Peter Frederick wrote: > There was a fatal accident in town a week or so ago when some idiot > running from the police blew a light and T-boned a Cadillac (fairly new, > I think) with a Ford Taurus and killed the driver of the Caddy. If the pursuit was only going 60 or so, a list member survived getting whacked in the driver door of a W124 by a van at that speed not too long ago. We don't expect good judgment from some idiot fleeing from police, but do we have the right to expect better judgment from the cops themselves? http://www.examiner.com/x-15870-Populist-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Time-for-police-to-end-high-speed-chases _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090928/0a4288f5/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
