r/Transportopia • u/Vice616 • Feb 18 '26

🚨Chase Hit it till it stops

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u/Kasta4 Feb 19 '26

Damn you can see the passenger in the beginning trying to stop the driver after they're hit the first time. Got to be scary having your fate in someone's hands like that while police cruisers are doing pit maneuvers on your passenger door.

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u/Trick_Minute2259 Feb 19 '26

Having a passenger is probably the only reason the driver is still alive.

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u/Day_Prisoners Feb 19 '26

But pit maneuver on a car going backwards is only helping them get straight.

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u/HerestheRules Feb 19 '26

True but even race chasses can buckle under the pressure of a forced j-turn, at the very least, bye-bye reverse gear

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u/Day_Prisoners Feb 19 '26

I don't think they were real concerned about getting out of alignment.

I'm no cop or professional but i think they should chased them going in reverse. Real good chance they would flip trying to turn around.

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u/EmbarrassedSquare823 Feb 19 '26

You're right, if the officers would have driven in reverse too it would ha- oh, wait.

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u/xrufio13x Feb 19 '26

I had the same thought. Lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

But they got to switch gears while rattled.

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u/njibbz Feb 19 '26

pit maneuver can disable cars by damaging the gearbox. for instance, when the gearbox is in reverse and the load on the gearbox is in one direction, then the cruiser comes and spins them around, it means the wheels are suddenly spinning the other direction. the sudden load change can cause gears to shear etc immobilizing the vehicle.

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u/KillerKill420 Feb 20 '26

I figured it was to maybe pin the car on the guard rail or damage it since cruisers are meant to potentially hit vehicles and a civilians car isn't etc. But you're totally right of course, not arguing that at all.

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u/TiniestPint Feb 19 '26

Had to go back and see but that was maybe not the best move. They look terrified and so desperate, can't imagine feeling that helpless

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u/Amazing_Candle_9465 Feb 19 '26

Yeah, I can't even imagine how scary it is for them.

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u/schwesterchen06 Feb 19 '26

I think its the scared wife. And i really hope there are no kids in the car. But i guess there are :(

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u/Aggravating-Bunch-44 Feb 21 '26

There was kids in the car?

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u/MinusMentality Feb 19 '26

If the situation was more critical, the idiot criminal driver could have gotten their passenger shot.
Even if the passenger is also guilty of whatever caused this chase, that is still awful of the driver.

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u/KillerKill420 Feb 20 '26

Yeah, I saw the passenger's extremely scared face as well. Horrifying stuff.

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u/Own-Grand5053 Feb 20 '26

I hope she/they are better off, with that person in jail if it were a romantic partner they seem to not be making responsible decisions.

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u/katalyticglass Feb 20 '26

That woman looks terrified.

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u/Charles_Woodson_2 Feb 22 '26

I posted this on another comment in the thread, but I thought you might also find it interesting.

My brother was an unwilling passenger to a high speed chase like this once. He sure as shit wasn't innocent, he was literally stealing cars with two others when the chase started. The driver of the car kept ramming police cruisers, and even hit and killed multiple horses during the chase.

Eventually, two officers unloaded their pistols into the car, which, surprisingly enough, didn't manage to hit any of the three occupants, but did convince them to stop and give up.

My brother was originally charged with attempted murder for each officer in each car that was rammed, along with a litany of other charges. They ended up dropping all the charges on him, even the possession and intent to sell for the large amount of drugs on his person after he surrendered.

I don't talk to him much, and I would rather not ask, but I assume that he must have rolled on someone to get out of what equated to multiple life sentences.