• Best of dashcam Europe #115
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfgQDK0rIdc
Those cops need to take some pursuit training from LAPD and CHP. They have NO fucking clue how to box in a fleeing vehicle!
I don't think the idea is to completely box in a vehicle, as that would force the fleeing vehicle to ram. And I would rather not have our police learn anything from the LAPD.
The idea is to force it to stop by giving it nowhere for it to move. Yeah, they're probably gonna play a little bumper cars, but generally speaking if you're trying to shove a patrol car with its brakes locked on you'll do a burnout before it slides. So, yes, they genuinely do need to take a page out of the LAPD handbook on this one. What's the point of even trying to box them in if you leave a fuckoff huge hole in the box that they can lazily drive out of?
The police are driving minivans with 1.4 liters of FWD diesel fury, they don’t have as much to work with as US cops.
Well I guess endangering lives is one of the many differences between the LAPD and European police. PIT and true box-ins are definitely taught and used here, but I guess they didn't want to escalate this situation.
Europeans tend to avoid dangerous car chases and just arrest people later or follow them at a safe speed and distance. It may sound silly, but we can get most of the information we need to make an arrest in a safer way and being aggressive like American police arguably results in many more injuries and deaths for both police and criminals.
THey've got four disc brakes and a couple tons of mass on decently grippy tires, right? That's all you need for a box-in on a Merc Sprinter.
The driver of the fleeing car wasn't particularly dangerous though. No reason to perform a pit or box-in, why take the risk? Any idea how much a police car costs? A basic surveillance car costs €40,000, but the ones with the computer systems inside them cost between €70,000 and €95,000. Why risk that when you know you're going to catch him anyway?
Have you considered that their goal was simply to slow down the suspect, let the other cars catch up, overtake, and eventually apprehend the guy when he ends up making a mistake? Have you considered that not completely boxing in the suspect leads to lower stakes and perhaps less risky chases? Maybe the police officers aren't retarded, and those "obvious mistakes" (like obviously leaving space for a car to pass on the bridge) weren't mistakes at all?
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