http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/carchase/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:34:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418642/posts OAKLAND, Calif. -- A car thief attempting to evade Oakland police made a disastrous miscalculation during a high speed chase and plowed into multiple vehicles, killing one elderly woman and injuring six others, according to police. At 10:50 a.m., police attempted to pull over a stolen Toyota with a driver and three passengers. The speeding car smashed into two other cars, one parked, at 62nd Avenue and Foothill Blvd in Oakland, police said. Everyone in the stolen car as well as the drivers of the two other cars were hospitalized. A 63-year-old woman who was a passenger in a white... KTVU-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418642/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:34:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368080/posts <p>When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared for a dangerous high-speed chase.</p> <p>The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe roared away with officers in pursuit, but shortly after the suspect made a right turn, operators at General Motors Co.'s OnStar service sent a command that electronically disabled the gas pedal and the SUV gradually came to a halt.</p> AP via Fox13now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368080/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358689/posts This is on Fox for hours now, the truck being chased (slowly - a`la OJ) in TX for not paying at a gas station. Can't believe there's no article/discussion about it. n/a http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358689/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148244/posts OnStar, the unit behind General Motors' GPS-based in-vehicle security system, offers Stolen Vehicle Slowdown technology: An OnStar operator can send a signal to a vehicle, restricting its fuel and slowing it to 3-5 mph. The technology is available on about 1 million 2009 GM vehicles, OnStar spokesman Jim Kobus says. Another company, Virginia Beach-based StarChase, is field-testing its Pursuit Management System. It's a launcher on the front of a police car that fires projectiles that stick on a fleeing vehicle targeted by laser, enabling police to track it by GPS. The system, which has been tested by police in Columbus,... Newsfactor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148244/posts#comment Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:16:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051153/posts Videos recorded by cameras in two Buffalo Grove squad cars show a U-Haul truck near the end of a wild police chase two years ago, veering from side to side in traffic and racing around street corners before a crash that killed a suburban teenager and injured two others. Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051153/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961199/posts 2,240 police, 460 patrol cars, copter mobilized for car chase in Osaka Friday, January 25, 2008 at 03:01 EST OSAKA — Police on Thursday arrested a wanted man after a two-hour car chase that involved 2,240 officers, 460 police cars and one helicopter. Hirofumi Fukuda, 27, who had been wanted for assaulting police officers on Jan 21, was arrested after a chase through central Osaka. Around 11 a.m., police received an emergency call saying that a car was driving recklessly, ignoring traffic lights. When a patrol car approached the vehicle in question, it took off. Police were mobilized throughout the... Japan Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961199/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876200/posts I just witnessed a car chase from the FOX helicopter feed around where I live. It was fast around Roscoe Blvd., Owensmouth Ave, De Soto Ave, etc. and ended on Topanga Blvd. where Chatsworth Park is near the hills. 12 police cars came by to stop it. Those were airborne videos. Note that this is near very dark. There is a ground video of men and women coming to the noise wondering WTF? I only take a lady to a beach in Ventura that makes hearts quiet. FOX Choppers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876200/posts#comment Sat, 4 Aug 2007 04:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872629/posts Phoenix — Two helicopters collided in midair and crashed while covering a police pursuit in central Phoenix Friday afternoon, killing at least two people. Both helicopters were news choppers from local television stations. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872629/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:17:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1825255/posts This is a poll at the Michael Silence blog. Poll For Motor Maniacs News Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1825255/posts#comment Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:53:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791261/posts A Supreme Court ruling could decide how and when law enforcement can chase suspects: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case expected to lay down new rules about when and how law-enforcement officers can chase suspects and use their vehicles to stop them. At issue before the court is whether a Georgia police officer went too far when he rammed his vehicle into the car of a driver who refused to pull over for speeding. The car went down an embankment, and the crash left the 19-year-old driver paralyzed from the neck down. Civil liberties advocates... orlandosentinel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791261/posts#comment Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:40:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699128/posts Scores of criminals might have eluded immediate capture had a controversial new plan to limit Houston police vehicle chases been in effect in the past 18 months, department records show. Police Chief Harold Hurtt's proposal, set for a hearing Monday at City Hall, would restrict his officers from engaging in lengthy pursuits when a fleeing motorist's only known crime is a Class C misdemeanor, such as a traffic violation. That was the reason officers gave for almost half the chases recorded in the past year and a half. Yet when those chases ended and suspects were questioned, 40 percent said... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699128/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:02:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670118/posts Car chase (mostly over) in Houston, Pasadena, Pearland. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1670118/posts#comment Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623651/posts The owner of an Andrews-area convenience store, accused of taking the law into his own hands after he witnessed an alleged gas drive off Wednesday, is charged with two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill. Dennis Cooper, 52, the owner of Cooper’s Six Mile Crossing Convenience Store allegedly chased and then fired shots at a vehicle after the driver reportedly drove off without paying for $28 worth of gas. According to an incident report, the ordeal began about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday when 18-year-old Joshua Jennings, of Gray Court, S.C., and 18-year-old Jacob Skelly, of Fountain Inn stopped... Georgetown Times South Carolina http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623651/posts#comment Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1622539/posts had a gun to his head earlier, tossed gun.. may be connected to fatal shooting last night in Torrance Fox News Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1622539/posts#comment Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1621595/posts An immigrant smuggler was convicted Tuesday of causing the deaths of three passengers in a June 2003 crash while fleeing authorities. A jury deliberated for nearly six hours before finding Antonio Sanchez, 30, guilty on three counts of second-degree murder. Sanchez, a Mexican citizen, was retried for speeding away from the California Highway Patrol on state Route 78 near Borrego Springs, killing a woman and two men he was trying to smuggle into the country. He was originally convicted in March 2004 on similar charges and sentenced to 53 years to life in prison. But a state appellate court reversed... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1621595/posts#comment Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:49:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1592591/posts Long Beach Police were attempting to serve a warrant on a kidnap suspect. Suspect fled in a mini-van and ended up on the Long Beach Freeway. Police stoped the car and have it sandwiched between two armored vehicles. Suspect is still in the car. Long Beach Freeway closed in both directions. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1592591/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:49:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570677/posts "labels GPS" to fight against the hit and run offences Los Angeles - the police force of Los Angeles will obtain a launcher of "étiquettes GPS" to track the motorists in hit and run offence. She thus hopes to reduce the risks incurred by her men at the time of track races at high speed. According to the chief of the police force of the city, William Bratton, the police cars of the Californian megalopolis will be equipped soon with launchers compressed-air, which will project adhesive "labels" on the vehicles of suspects taken in hunting. These "labels" contain a... ATS Swiss News Agency via Babelfish translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570677/posts#comment Fri, 3 Feb 2006 03:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1560478/posts TX police in pursuit of Grey BMW on FReeway in Houston, TX. Fox News Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1560478/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:35:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538955/posts spike strip took out his left rear, has been hauling butt on a rim for a few miles now. Fox news channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538955/posts#comment Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1422714/posts Authorities say a disagreement over a frozen snack led a McComb teenager to fatally shoot his father and threaten his mother. Curtis McCray Jr., 16, was arrested and charged with murder last week after allegedly shooting Curtis McCray Sr. with a shotgun from about 20 feet away, the Pike County Sheriff's Department said. Investigator David Haywood said the shooting occurred after the teen was punished for being involved in a minor wreck, and the boy became enraged when his parents returned home eating Sno-Balls and there wasn't one for him. The teen then allegedly threatened his mother, Gloria, with the... Newsday.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1422714/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419756/posts There was yet another interminable car chase in the streets of Los Angeles carried on every 24-hour news channel. Excepts of this eight-hour ball of excitement appeared on regular news programs. Everyone who saw none of this, please raise your hands. Hold on, you. Admit it. You did watch. I confess, so did I. This one was a white minivan that wandered over several freeways in downtown L.A. Several times the minivan came to a full stop in heavy traffic, while up to five police vehicles also stopped – 25 feet behind the van. Meanwhile, a police spokesman droned on... Special to FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419756/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jun 2005 19:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355002/posts When Weatherford police Lt. Ronnie Villarreal heard that officers were chasing a woman in a sport utility vehicle Wednesday evening, he went straight to the dispatch center for more information. A manager at the Catfish O'Harlie's restaurant had fled after police responded to a reported employee theft of money about 5:50 p.m., he was told. As Villarreal listened, the phone rang. The dispatcher answered, looked at Villarreal and said, "Sir, it's her." The surprised watch commander spent the next 45 minutes talking to the woman on her cellphone as she zigzagged through Tarrant County. She had one request: Stop chasing... Fort Worth Star Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355002/posts#comment Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1337714/posts FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1337714/posts#comment Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:20:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247917/posts Fleeing Truck Crashes, Killing Six Sunday, October 17, 2004 Associated Press PHOENIX — A stolen truck filled with suspected illegal immigrants and speeding away from deputies rolled over at a busy intersection near an Army post Saturday, causing an 11-car crash that killed six people and seriously injured 15, sheriff's officials said. Passengers were thrown out of the truck bed as the truck hit a center median and began to spiral, hitting vehicles waiting at a turn lane, said Deputy Chief Randy Redmond of the Sierra Vista (search) Fire Department. Investigators think the truck was traveling at about 90 mph... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247917/posts#comment Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:19:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1159424/posts 4 robbery suspects in the car in southern California FoxNews Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1159424/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:15:45 GMT