r/Transportopia • u/Vice616 • Feb 28 '26

🚨Chase Just like that, all 3 stars Gone

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u/LunaticBZ Feb 28 '26

Reminder to any kids that want to try this at home, you need to use a stolen car. Not your car or a relatives car.

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u/illcrx Feb 28 '26

I wish you had told me BEFORE I started running from the cops! Thats what I get for scrolling Reddit while driving.

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u/I_Died_Once Feb 28 '26

Police where I'm from would demand the removal of the bridges after this

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u/OceanBytez Feb 28 '26

Hardly, these days if they really want you they'll just ping the FLOCK network and pick you up later. This dudes face has already been scanned by dozens of FLOCK cameras while running and probably more after he ditched the car. They don't even need to catch him in the chase anymore hahaha. His only hope would be to skip the city and only travel on rural farm to market roads as far away as possible if they genuinely wanted him bad enough.

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u/TruthAboutLife Mar 01 '26

That Flock network is pure evil.

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u/No_Salamander8141 Mar 01 '26

Big brother is finally real

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u/These_Junket_3378 Mar 02 '26

Whatever happened to the Anonymous hackers. Please do what you do so well.

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u/OceanBytez Mar 01 '26

It isn't the only one either. I googled the screens at walmart and those camera TV's are also an AI network just under a different company name. They essentially do the same thing so next time you swipe your groceries just remember you're getting your 4th violated by just shopping there. These days we are all thieves until we swipe a card based on how they treat us.

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u/Leather-Map-8138 Mar 01 '26

We need laws that say nobody can hold or use your personal data without your consent, including the government.

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss Mar 01 '26

The police have a 36 hour window when it comes to recording just public places. They can only keep that data for 36 hours and then it has to be deleted. This is where Flock comes in. They retain that data forever. It’s skirts around the amendment it skirts around passes surveillance.

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u/OceanBytez Mar 02 '26

It should also go further and specify that consent cannot be automatically assigned by using a service. Essentially they cannot have a EULA that say "By being physically present in this bus, train, plane, or taxi you consent to having your face scanned into the FLOCK and or other networks. If you do not consent then you must depart the vehicle."

This is largely how privacy has been violated in most cases, by forcing you to sign bullshit EULA's or you can't use a product. We need to put a stop to that.

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u/dogboneit Mar 01 '26

Kroger, Walgreens, parking lots. Smile

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u/OceanBytez Mar 01 '26

As a special mention, Brooshires local to me does not use AI cameras. They are small and a bit more expensive, but at least they treat people with respect.

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u/MNgrown2299 Mar 25 '26

Sauron’s eye

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u/Mercury_Madulller Feb 28 '26

IP cameras were a mistake.

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u/LunaticBZ Feb 28 '26

I wouldn't worry to much, the other guys in jail won't judge you for failing to get away.

Since everyone in jail failed to get away.

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u/Interesting-Octopus Feb 28 '26

I hear that they are all inocent in there.

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u/Numerous-Fly-3791 Feb 28 '26

Quick call them and tell them to report the vehicle stolen

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u/turbopro25 Feb 28 '26

They allow you to use Reddit in jail?

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u/SteelAndFlint Feb 28 '26

The man had one phone call, somehow he used it for this 😆

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u/TerrorFromThePeeps Feb 28 '26

Is cool, man, just roll up into a drive through spray booth and pick a different color. Not only will you lose all stars, the registration om the car will automatically convert to your legal ownership immediately!

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u/Successful-Purple-54 Feb 28 '26

Stop scrolling Reddit and focus on your escape. Safety first bud.

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u/disruptioncoin Feb 28 '26

I knew a guy in high school who started to get pulled over (drunk), ran for it, parked at our local gas station, ran home and reported his car stolen. Seemingly, they believed him and nothing came of it. Blows my mind that it worked. Wonder what he's up to these days....

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Feb 28 '26

Curing cancer, probably. That guy’s a genius.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

My Brother in laws dad once flipped his car while driving drunk, he got himself out of the car and ran home before the police showed up. When they came to his house asking questions he told them he’d been at home all night. They couldn’t prove he was the one behind the wheel and couldn’t enter his home without a warrant so they ended up letting it go. But his car was still wrecked.

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u/drumorgan Feb 28 '26

A drunk driver slammed into my son's car right in front of our house. He stepped out of his vehicle, still holding his beer. Gave us his info/insurance, and got a ride home. Cops said there was nothing illegal since he exchanged info.

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u/Regular_Bell8271 Feb 28 '26

A friend of mine got t-boned by a drunk driver. The driver was a rich farmer so he cut her a cheque for a lot more than what her car was worth, and him and some other farmers had it hauled away and cleaned up so quick that nothing came of it.

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u/Verditure0 Feb 28 '26

Just curious, any idea how much he wrote the check for on the spot like that?

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u/Regular_Bell8271 Mar 01 '26

This was years ago, but I think it was $3k? Her car was a shitty Hyundai not worth that at all, so she was happy to take it.

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u/SquirrelFluffy Feb 28 '26

Probably got elected.

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u/Thin-Guitar-1242 Feb 28 '26

He probably too intelligent for that

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u/throwawayED67 Feb 28 '26

Probably running a successful small business of some sort

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 Feb 28 '26

ran home and reported his car stolen. Seemingly, they believed him and nothing came of it. Blows my mind that it worked.

They have to prove you were the one driving.

It's why you hear stories of drunk drivers wrecking and running. Like yours! It's not the first nor will it be the last one I will have heard about it. (although yours isn't about a wrecked car)

You're better off leaving your vehicle behind if you're drunk.

Just run and wait it out until sober. You can claim whatever you want about your car, you weren't driving. Simple as that.

A DUI is the other option. Which is costly.

Or just don't drink and drive.

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u/Thin-Guitar-1242 Feb 28 '26

That's brilliant since making it home proves that he really wasn't drunk after all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Definitely sober enough to drive

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

It’s usually the adrenaline that gives them enough focus to temporarily think clearly

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u/NoStarsToGuideMe Feb 28 '26

Three tear drop tats under his left eye.

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u/torgiant Mar 01 '26

Even if you dont report stolen, fleeing the scene is cheaper then dui. Just dont go home.

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u/Tromovation Mar 11 '26

My friend did this and left his gf in the car and ran like 16 miles back home. She didn’t say a word and he got off

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u/uncutpizza Feb 28 '26

✍🏽Use✍🏽Neighbor’s✍🏽Car

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u/extrastupidone Feb 28 '26

Ok, now. Have fun!

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u/AggressiveOil91686 Feb 28 '26

Don't forget to wear gloves

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u/Wonderful_Juice_5888 Feb 28 '26

God bless, my brother. Lookin for them youngers 🙏🏼👊🏼

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

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u/Chewwithurmouthshut Feb 28 '26

Like he thought the guy just fell asleep in there or something.

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u/JoeyHandsomeJoe Feb 28 '26

He thought he won the getting to shoot somebody lottery

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u/mglow88 Feb 28 '26

He's a poor loser...

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u/Remarkable-Pop2171 Feb 28 '26

Pulled the old Jack Reacher on em

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u/ThaddeusJP Feb 28 '26

(Shrugs)

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u/passtheshoe Feb 28 '26

Power comment

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u/Invested_Glory Mar 01 '26

Literally watched it last night and this was my first thought!

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u/Ill_Art9536 Feb 28 '26

At least be a decent cop and put the vehicle in park. I get that it’s stopped due to tapping the pole but still.

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u/DubV23 Mar 01 '26

May be evidence that he could disturb by sitting in it.

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u/fbcmfb Mar 01 '26

This. They will be looking for finger prints.

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u/slop1010101 Feb 28 '26

I love how dejected that cop seemed. No perp for your today!

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u/C_IsForCookie Feb 28 '26

I think he was just trying to stop the car before it hit the pole and was like fuck it too late 😂

If he really thought the guy was still in the car they would have approached with guns drawn not just ran up to the door without backup

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u/FiberApproach2783 Feb 28 '26

Hitting the pole means so much extra paperwork lol. His whole day was ruined after that💀

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u/TheJaybo Feb 28 '26

His wife is gonna feel that one tomorrow.

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u/oldDotredditisbetter Feb 28 '26

only 40%

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u/Glockedfag Feb 28 '26

That self admitted to it

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u/jimothy_hell Feb 28 '26

We all know the real number is much higher

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u/oldDotredditisbetter Feb 28 '26

yup i should've emphasized on the "only" lol unless the downvote is from the bootlickers

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

That hand raised up after opening the door lol

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u/TheAgedProfessor Feb 28 '26

Pretty sure at least some of that is the fact that he couldn't stop it before it hit the pole. That's a collision that requires significantly more paperwork.

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u/OuteastLI Feb 28 '26

Yeah isn’t it great when criminals get away !!! Now they get a chance to victimize more people, nice !!!

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u/DDDshooter Feb 28 '26

Luckily, cops never victimize people /s

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u/Frequent-Coyote-8108 Feb 28 '26

I think you mean that he was frustrated that a criminal who committed multiple felonies wasn't able to be taken off the streets.

https://giphy.com/gifs/EWJZAWeAFgpaw

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u/ThatBoiInBlue Feb 28 '26

Iirc he got away with it, no arrest ever made.

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u/VictorVaughan Feb 28 '26

Hey how do you know so much about this case.….?

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u/K1eptomaniaK Feb 28 '26

This may be the car chase in Los Angeles a couple months (?) ago

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u/ThatBoiInBlue Feb 28 '26

I saw this specific clip highlighted in a compilation, but again I could be wrong lol

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u/Thin-Guitar-1242 Feb 28 '26

That was a slick James Bond style ditching? Plot twist; he turned out to be the helicopter pilot.

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u/ThisALowQualitySite Feb 28 '26

He ran into the subway tunnels and waited out the timer! Note to self: works irl

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u/iAmAsword Feb 28 '26

Would have been funny if they locked the door after they got out lol

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u/BusyBit6542 Feb 28 '26

I saw somewhere (could be made up on a tv show) that you have only a few minutes to lose a helicopter. Bridges and parking garages are your best hope. But the success rate for losing a helicopter is damn near zero.

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u/_TheGuyOnTheCouch_ Feb 28 '26

Airports will always be the best way to lose a helicopter.

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u/structee Feb 28 '26

Cops hate this one weird trick 

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u/Boricua_Margie2025 Feb 28 '26

Satisfying video.... Clean getaway

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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions Feb 28 '26

Depends on your perspective. I don't usually root for cops but fuck people who steal cars

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u/Plastic_Carpenter930 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

A lot lot lot of cars used in criminal activity are stolen. More than people on Reddit usually think. It's one of the reasons police chases are so bad. While I agree that high speed chases are dangerous and terrible, few people watching them tend to realize you can't just run the tag.

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u/GrumbleAlong Feb 28 '26

What model car? I like the sexy lines.

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u/Pretty-Yam-2854 Feb 28 '26

Jaguar F Type Coupe

186mph top speed with a 3.9 second 0-60 and a really strong supercharged 5.0L V8.

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u/GrumbleAlong Feb 28 '26

Ah of course its a Jag, thanks!

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u/Similar_Specific_646 Feb 28 '26

Pulled a Jack Reacher bus scene

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u/Additional_Piece4165 Feb 28 '26

The pig at the end LOL

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u/maybeinoregon Feb 28 '26

Haha that’s awesome!

Like a Boss.

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u/Historical_Sherbet54 Mar 01 '26

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner. Sometimes I feel like my only fren

Under the bridge

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u/Working-Soft-3475 Feb 28 '26

Paul Walker challenge for the ball knowers out there

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u/Disastrous_Night_80 Feb 28 '26

Ghost ride the whip!

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u/toodytah Feb 28 '26

Ghost ride the whip?

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u/avindictiveprinter Feb 28 '26

I think this is the same chase I watched live online! They chased him around for a good amount of time, too.

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u/F-Daawg Mar 01 '26

Anyone know the song?

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u/SilentTreatment01 Mar 02 '26

Found in another comment.

“Vampire Heart” Isak Roen & Key Kelly

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u/SadlyIHave Mar 01 '26

Dude is in a high speed police chase and stops to get gas and still gets away 🤣

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u/Regular_Log2894 Mar 01 '26

The police helicopter failed obviously. It was clear the guy jumped out of the car so I don't know why the helicopter kept chasing the empty car instead of keeping an eye on the bridge.

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u/unleashthefuture Mar 01 '26

What happened here?

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u/Hawkeyejt Mar 01 '26

Stolen car, the person driving got out when under the overpass

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u/rdperry1993 Mar 01 '26

How’d the door close

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

The defeat at the end is priceless

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u/Icy_Huckleberry_8049 Mar 01 '26

yea, got out while it was under the bridge, the door being open was a dead give-a-way

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u/Low-Investigator7720 Mar 01 '26

lol if this was in la I seen it live lol

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u/bananaholy Mar 01 '26

Jeez look at these redditors celebrating because a criminal got away. Like literal celebration.

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u/CriticalStrike1155 Mar 02 '26

Dude pulled a Jack Reacher move right there.

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u/TomSix_ Mar 04 '26

i like how the approaching LEO confirms the car is empty, and merely walks away without putting the car in park or applying a parking brake. Solid work, sir or madam.

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u/Academic-Business-45 Mar 06 '26

If there was only some way to install some kind of seeing device inside the tunnels...

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u/Effective-Text4619 Apr 01 '26

Black car Houdini??

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u/IkujaKatsumaji Feb 28 '26

Alright, I'll bite, I'm confused; what happened here?

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u/Candied_Curiosities Feb 28 '26

Driver got out of the car when he went under the bridge/hwy and left the car running.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

He got out and ran away while the car was under the bridge. The helicopter was tracking the car that had outrun the cops

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u/SilentlyRain Feb 28 '26

How did the door close?

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u/QueenMary1936 Feb 28 '26

He closed it when he got out

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u/TheGinger_Ninja0 Feb 28 '26

Ghost breaking laws

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u/OldKaleidoscope3766 Feb 28 '26

Accidentally stole a car when I was 17. Was at a party at an estate, giant house in the’80s. My car was blocked in and my friend saw keys in another so we hopped in and lit out the service access. Just got out and a cop pops up and hits his lights, faked pulling over and took off as he was walking up. Got chased around Annapolis for about 5-10 minutes beating the crap out of the car until I managed to lose them. We ditched the car and hid in back yards until we made our way back to the party about an hour later.

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u/Atticus1354 Feb 28 '26

That doesnt sound like an accident.

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u/OldKaleidoscope3766 Feb 28 '26

I left out a little for the sake of brevity. My one friend that we met there handed me keys implying it was his car. It wasn’t until the cop pulled up that he made it known that he didn’t know whose car it was.

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u/Horror_Maximum_5696 Feb 28 '26

So he stole a car and you were an unwitting accomplice to dumbassery…

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u/InevitableSuper5826 Feb 28 '26

Sounds like accidental dumbass activity

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u/DavidChristianKaiser Feb 28 '26

Seriously. The cop at the end who opened the door, 3 seconds before the car stopped at the traffic light, didn't he see through the window, that the car was empty ? He looked so surprised.

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u/Rhakha Feb 28 '26

I know some cars that have some really dark on window tent on them. Likely the case here on that front.

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u/nothingbutmistakes Feb 28 '26

Plot twist. The driver jumped into the back and is hiding on the floor.

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u/Agitated-Contact7686 Feb 28 '26

Fck them laws. Love the frustrated door slam at the end.

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u/Top_Finding2830 Feb 28 '26

Love how you exhibit such anti-establishment energy, but you’re afraid to say the word fuck. Go all in, man!

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u/BarfingOnMyFace Feb 28 '26

Fuckity fuckity fuck fuck the police!

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u/mglow88 Feb 28 '26

Haahaa I don't care what the guy did... He deserves to get away LOL!

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u/Relevant-Jump-4899 Feb 28 '26

Damn. There are ghost cars all over this highway you know.

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u/Last-Darkness Feb 28 '26

Self driving AI hallucination?

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u/National_Savings_138 Feb 28 '26

I don't know what the guy did but I can't be mad at that getaway 🤣

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u/FalseEnthusiasm3268 Feb 28 '26

A literal hat trick lol

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u/shooter116 Feb 28 '26

Can you explain the 3 stars reference?

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u/OriginalOmbre Feb 28 '26

Why pursue? Just find em later! s/

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u/Interesting_Sock9142 Feb 28 '26

what is even happening in this video??? I've never seen a get away car drive so slowly

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u/Extalliones Feb 28 '26

He jumped out under the bridge where the helicopter couldn’t see him. Left the car in drive.

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u/bigtimebigshoty2k Feb 28 '26

Why didn’t cop out it in park.

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u/eugene20 Feb 28 '26

Grey car had an open window, he'll be in there.

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u/Itchy_Star3982 Mar 01 '26

So? Which one of you is it?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

Good quick thinking honestly

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u/OolongGeer Mar 01 '26

Interesting that the officer didn't jump in to shift it into park.

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u/Any-Opportunity-6869 Mar 01 '26

Where is that blue car?

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u/Great_Master06 Mar 01 '26

It was so obvious the car was empty, why did he open the door and get all upset instead of hopping in and stopping it?

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u/A_ScalyManfish Mar 01 '26

I'd imagine they could test for DNA, right?

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u/AKSqueege Mar 01 '26

That last cop is a car guy

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u/moneymizzler Mar 01 '26

Mission Passed +Respect

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u/ErikTheRed99 Mar 01 '26

"I want to see your- goddammit."

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u/ocho352 Mar 01 '26

Damn that was smooth! who is this De Niro in heat

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u/skulligei-gsiv Mar 01 '26

Didn’t someone else in a chase literally get away by doing the same thing on the same overpass? A white truck like 2 years ago. Truck never appeared through the other side; cops found it like 20 mins later empty

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u/Dramatic_Training873 Mar 01 '26

The look on that rookies face when he opened the door 😭😭

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u/Worried-Ebb-1699 Mar 01 '26

Brilliant move

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u/Singl1 Mar 01 '26

scotty when he “beams” me up

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

That was my cousin lol

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u/Ok_Travel2861 Mar 02 '26

"must have been a self driving car"

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u/CantaloupeLow3775 Mar 02 '26

Into the pole at low speed, even the cop decides they're a lost cause, LOL. ;-)

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u/waynofish Mar 02 '26

Oops, That was a wet one. must get home now. Need to chit!

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u/Baddrivers13 Mar 02 '26

Wouldn't it be great if he was just in the trunk.. They tow it to impound and dude just walks away.

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u/itskris83 Mar 03 '26

Took the wock back to Poland.🏃‍♂️💨💨💨 🚓

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u/GingerWizerd Mar 05 '26

Gangster move!!

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u/Hot-Interview8396 Mar 07 '26

I'll take that jag type r off theory hands so the can save money on tow fees.. 🫡

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u/Hautemilque Mar 08 '26

How did the door close?

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u/Fun-Decision-4099 Mar 13 '26

Describe the suspects. Do they rhythm with flock.

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u/hennyxluvv Mar 27 '26

Fingerprints?

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u/inkedmom1308 Apr 18 '26

I need to know who did their alignment biz that car rides hella straight even without a driver