[UA] Explain American laws to me

[Kevin Mowery]

    Tynes' post reminded me of something else: hot pursuit laws.  It's still
not unknown for cops to tear after their suspects in order to apprehend
them, resulting in a high-speed chase across a city or outside their
jurisdiction.

    Of late, a lot of cities are passing laws prohibiting "hot pursuit"
because high speed car chases have a nasty tendency to accidentally kill
people.  Instead, just get hold of the cops ahead of you and tell them to
set up a roadblock.

    (A friend of mine teaches high school and one of the kids told him that
he (the kid) was going to become a car thief.  The kid was sure that he
could drive better, run faster, and out-fight any cop.  My friend pointed
out that he may be able to outrun or outfight *a cop*, but not *the cops*.
There are a lot of them, and they have radios.)


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