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KittenKoder t1_jascput wrote

High speed chases need to be outlawed at this point. There are more deaths from people fleeing the cops than there are from actual criminal activity now.

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Lanky_Examination_43 t1_jass4ah wrote

If the driver was going the wrong way on the freeway AN HOUR after the persuit ended, the crash had nothing to do with being pursued by WSP. Also, the driver was going 111 mph before the pursuit started. WSP is just a footnote here. The real story is a possible drunk/drugged driver was going 111 mph and then was going the wrong way on the freeway and caused a fatal accident.

It is also *highly unlikely* (actually complete nonsense) that police chases cause more deaths than criminal activity.

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KittenKoder t1_jastnna wrote

According to whom?

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Lanky_Examination_43 t1_jasuto4 wrote

Do you really think police chases cause more deaths than criminal activity? No. How many people die everyday from police chases?

According to this study it's less than 1 per day. If less than 1 person per day is dying due to criminal activity then your claim is correct. I'm sure illegal drugs alone kill more than that.

https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/2/93 (old article but I'm not spending a bunch of time on this)

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And you didn't refute my first comment about the article either.

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cpatanisha t1_jaxesca wrote

Exactly. Plus the thugs in blue be being using them to steal our cars and put all of us in jail so hard. Jail so hard. Plus, towing companies make more than social workers when they impound your car and crush it into garbage if you don't empty your bank accounts and give them all of your money. All of your money. The Seattle subreddit has a good post yesterday about how they be. Lincoln Towing is the CONservative devil.

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