Stolen US Stang Driver's skills!
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Well, I had to post this under Advanced Driving - check out the guy's skills with the first two 'Pit' manouvers...
www.evo.co.uk/evotv/planetevovideos/202109/caught_on_cctv.html
www.evo.co.uk/evotv/planetevovideos/202109/caught_on_cctv.html
Edited by AMG Merc on Thursday 7th September 10:04
Mr Whippy said:
Cops over there are like madmen, look at them swarm his car like wild animals. It's not like he's going anywhere 
Dave
He had gotten away with three previous PIT attempts, so it would have been reasonable to assume that he will try to escape again. Dave
In the US, traffic stops are one of the biggest sources of capturing major felons on the "wanted" list. Hence the reason for not taking too many chances if a suspect happens to make a run for it; and displays enough skill, cunning, and determination to escape from three PIT manoeuvres that would have taken down most criminals.
My only dislike is performing a PIT while travelling on an overpass. I would have thought the risk of the car jumping over the armco would have deterred it; especially considering that the PIT manoeuvre is only recommended for low speeds, not highway speeds (or even higher, as the video shows), and many departments require a very good reason for approval of its use (eg. driver is homicidal, etc).
Edited by Jungles on Thursday 7th September 11:02
Jungles said:
Mr Whippy said:
Cops over there are like madmen, look at them swarm his car like wild animals. It's not like he's going anywhere
Dave
He had gotten away with three previous PIT attempts, so it would have been reasonable to assume that he will try to escape again. Dave
In the US, traffic stops are one of the biggest sources of capturing major felons on the "wanted" list. Hence the reason for not taking too many chances if a suspect happens to make a run for it; and displays enough skill, cunning, and determination to escape from three PIT manoeuvres that would have taken down most criminals.
My only dislike is performing a PIT while travelling on an overpass. I would have thought the risk of the car jumping over the armco would have deterred it; especially considering that the PIT manoeuvre is only recommended for low speeds, not highway speeds (or even higher, as the video shows), and many departments require a very good reason for approval of its use (eg. driver is homicidal, etc).
Edited by Jungles on Thursday 7th September 11:02
Yes of course, but there are about 5 cops all grabbing arms and legs from various openings around the car, it's mental. Why not just point the gun and say, "get out, if you run I'll shoot your knee's off"
Dave
stephenperry said:
I thought it stood for Police Immobilisation Technique, learn something new every day
...and I thought it was the name of the Police trainer who pefected the technique - I was wrong - a quick Wikipedia returns the following three answers...
The PIT maneuver is a method, popular with police departments, by which one car pursuing another can force the pursued vehicle to abruptly turn sideways to the direction of travel, causing the driver to lose control and stop. The acronym "PIT" stands for either Precision Immobilization Technique, Pursuit Intervention Technique, or Parallel Immobilization Technique, depending on which police department is using it.
Other names for the same maneuver are Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI), "tactical ramming," and "legal intervention."
I like thatI've seen them do PIT manouvres in busy traffic! I'm sure it would be safer to let them get away than risk taking out a few Joe Publics as well! There was one in particular I saw on the local news, and they managed to pit manouvre him as he was going down the hard shoulder, (on the left side of the road, by the grassy gap between lanes), in rush hour, with a traffic jam in the regular lanes... which resulted in him smacking a few of the cars in the jam, then rolling straight into the oncoming traffic hitting another few people! i thought it was a bit daft. he wasn't even a murderer or anything, merely a stolen car, and he had some drugs on board!
The US police chases amaze me, the drivers are in no way comparable to the quality of the pursuit drivers in this country.
They seem to develop 'red mist' very easily, if you watch the 'worlds wildest police chases' rubbish you see it all the time. Its funny to listen to John Bunnell critisising the driving of the person being chased, when many times the driving of the following police car is equally as bad
They seem to develop 'red mist' very easily, if you watch the 'worlds wildest police chases' rubbish you see it all the time. Its funny to listen to John Bunnell critisising the driving of the person being chased, when many times the driving of the following police car is equally as bad
im allways amazed at the pit manovers i wittness in the states. have the cops got no thought for colatoral damage.
how long before a bus full of kids gets killed because sum guy in a stolen car gets rammed into there lane.
american police seam too get caught up in the chase.
Rodny King took hes beating after a similar persuit.
in the uk many and i mean MANY car chases get away as the police will judge it dangerous and stop the persuit. and this IS the right choice.
9 times out of 10 ther miner offenses and no body wants to see somebody dead just because they aint got a licence or tax
how long before a bus full of kids gets killed because sum guy in a stolen car gets rammed into there lane.
american police seam too get caught up in the chase.
Rodny King took hes beating after a similar persuit.
in the uk many and i mean MANY car chases get away as the police will judge it dangerous and stop the persuit. and this IS the right choice.
9 times out of 10 ther miner offenses and no body wants to see somebody dead just because they aint got a licence or tax
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