Thinking about speeding on the 400...
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Reminds me of a story a police aquaintance of mine told me about a "foreign-exchange" posting he did back in the early 80's in West Germany.
As he told it there was a time when the local German police called in a police tank to fire off a round on the highway to stop a high speed chase coming towards it.
As he told it there was a time when the local German police called in a police tank to fire off a round on the highway to stop a high speed chase coming towards it.
I got caught on the 400.
If the guy would have caught me 10 min earlier he would have impounded my car for sure. Thank god I moved back into 3rd gear when I did.
If the guy would have caught me 10 min earlier he would have impounded my car for sure. Thank god I moved back into 3rd gear when I did.
In the old Hy 400 speedway days the OPP had suped up Chryslers with the big 4 barrel gas swallowers in them plus extra large tanks. You couldn't outrun them.
Real Smokey and the bandit, " Hot pursuit" stuff.
Real Smokey and the bandit, " Hot pursuit" stuff.
and in Germany they have GT2's as patrol carsJohnFK said:
only way the police have a chance at catching exotic cars is to drive exotics themselves.
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