Trooper's Report (some info redacted due to the children):In the evening hours of July 10th, 2023, I, Trooper First Class (TFC) Darryle Hinton, was traveling...
The car he was chasing wasn’t too far away, he was just also going 140-150mph with the cop mostly just keeping up. It’s pretty hard to see him on the dashcam but you can see him come clearly into view around 5:15, as he has to slow down to take the exit, and then the cop follows and you can see the car blow the stop sign and then accelerate away while the cop’s still on the on-ramp.
Honestly, IDK how many out of 10 he should get for regard for public safety, but TFC Darryle Hinton gets 11/10 for driving skill.
Yeah, it’s tough to judge based on video, I’m sure alot of those decisions were alot easier to make with human eyes. The lights, sirens and training are supposed to be more effective at reducing the danger of this type of driving. But obviously in practice it’s a bit more complicated than what “should” happen.
At the very least, the pursuing officer has alot of advantage. Not always enough, but hard to really get much more of an advantage. High speed chases just are risky, and unfortunately, the best outcome is not as common as we would like. Any solutions that reduce risk and increase positive results are considerably more expensive. As much as less risk to human life is worth any price, it’s much harder to convince the people that are paying, until they are on the receiving end of the risk.
With significantly more video resolution, we’d probably be able to see the other car for most of the video, rather than a glimpse here and there. He never really got very far ahead. Even HD resolution is pretty lacking compared to human eye at the distances involved.
Plus, this is a video where the other driver didn’t get away, that’s not how they all end. Actually unfortunately the ending where everyone ends up safe and no one gets away is probably the least common ending for high speed chases. But certainly the most satisfying from our perspective. But yeah, since this video is a success that means any guesses made when light on info ended up being correct. There were probably a few times during the chase where decisions had to be made without enough info. Could probably have ended differently, but then it wouldn’t have been posted since the video wouldn’t be worth watching.
How does one knows where to go once the sourcing car is completely out of sight?
The car he was chasing wasn’t too far away, he was just also going 140-150mph with the cop mostly just keeping up. It’s pretty hard to see him on the dashcam but you can see him come clearly into view around 5:15, as he has to slow down to take the exit, and then the cop follows and you can see the car blow the stop sign and then accelerate away while the cop’s still on the on-ramp.
Honestly, IDK how many out of 10 he should get for regard for public safety, but TFC Darryle Hinton gets 11/10 for driving skill.
Yeah, it’s tough to judge based on video, I’m sure alot of those decisions were alot easier to make with human eyes. The lights, sirens and training are supposed to be more effective at reducing the danger of this type of driving. But obviously in practice it’s a bit more complicated than what “should” happen.
At the very least, the pursuing officer has alot of advantage. Not always enough, but hard to really get much more of an advantage. High speed chases just are risky, and unfortunately, the best outcome is not as common as we would like. Any solutions that reduce risk and increase positive results are considerably more expensive. As much as less risk to human life is worth any price, it’s much harder to convince the people that are paying, until they are on the receiving end of the risk.
With significantly more video resolution, we’d probably be able to see the other car for most of the video, rather than a glimpse here and there. He never really got very far ahead. Even HD resolution is pretty lacking compared to human eye at the distances involved.
Plus, this is a video where the other driver didn’t get away, that’s not how they all end. Actually unfortunately the ending where everyone ends up safe and no one gets away is probably the least common ending for high speed chases. But certainly the most satisfying from our perspective. But yeah, since this video is a success that means any guesses made when light on info ended up being correct. There were probably a few times during the chase where decisions had to be made without enough info. Could probably have ended differently, but then it wouldn’t have been posted since the video wouldn’t be worth watching.
Thanks! I couldn’t see any glimpse at all sometimes!