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.
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.