Do you really think that Police should call off high speed chases or is the media making a scapegoat of or police officers? This recent case was reported : http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/death-could-have-been-avoided-family/2007/09/26/1190486388254.html and when Clea Rose http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/act/content/2005/s1452923.htm was killed 15 months ago police and government attracted flack in the media. Are these deaths too high a price to pay to keep our roads safe?
I remember in South Australia when they brought in a speed limit for when the police had to cease chasing. There ended up being people driving past cop cars at excessive speeds because they knew nothing could be done to stop them!
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Hi Rebecca, you have brought up an interesting topic. I can see the argument from both sides. There are disastrous repercussions if the police continue the chase and the speeder crashes and kills themselves or an innocent bystander. On the other hand there are disastrous repercussions if the police give up the chase and the criminal gets away free. I think Police should use their discretion and own common sense when in a car chase situation, for example if the car is speeding up to an area that is surrounded by pedestrians they would be better off backing off so the speeder slows down. It’s a very tricky topic…..I think so many people are just oblivious to how lethal they are on the road all the time… One wrong move, one mistake and everything can change. A group of young guys from my town once sped through a random breath testing station and managed to get away from the police….later that night they were out again and ended up crashing. The crash wasn’t major and not one was hurt (luckily) but one of the guys was saying the worst thing we thought could happen was that the police would catch us….we never even thought about crashing…we could have died! I think too many people worry about what the police will do if they get caught rather than what they will do if they don’t…..
Sorry its so long, I got carried away
Rach
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