Should police persue stolen cars / Joyriders ?

Question

There have been a number of deaths involving police chasing other drivers, quite a number have been caused by the police car and not the car they were chasing.
Should there be another way of stopping the illegal driver without putting the public at risk.
I know the other driver should not be doing what they are, but there must be another way, soon they will be ramming them like they do in america, I accept this method works but do we need it on the streets of britain

Answer 1

This is a Gray area. Many people will say they should, others, no. In these day's of high technology, there must be a better way of stopping stolen vehicles. The public must not be put at risk by joyriders with no respect to others, but also not at risk by police drivers trying to do their job. Many so called joyriders do it for a buzz, there must be way's of stopping this trend. I feel we need to educate young people this is not a good way to get the so called street cred. Why can we not fire a tracker dart into the offending vehicle, and leave it at that. The only other way is to ignore stolen vehicles and joy riders, and maybe in time, the novelty will subside.

Answer 2

I can see where you are going with this, but if the police decide to have a policy not to pursue joyriders, then the stupid yobs will think they have a free license to get away with stealing cars..... and this would probably embolden them to contemplate other crimes as well.

At the same time it is true that high-speed pursuits are a dangerous business. What needs to change is tactics and training. The American police are involved in far more chases than ours, yet the relative fatality rate (by percentage) is lower.....and their tactics and training (and budget) are the reason why.

Police need to be trained not to make the joyrider too nervous or panicky while pursuing them, hang back a little bit and give them a false sense of confidence. Then at the right moment (when there are no bystanders and fewer risks to all parties involved) use stop-sticks (or spike strips, whatever you wanna call them). Another way of pursuing yobbos without endangering the rest of us is to use helicopters.....this is where the budget question comes into consideration. A cheaper alternative would be to make greater and more pertinent usage of GPS systems.

The rest of us can also play a part. Maybe there could be road safety classes that teach innocent drivers how to react if caught up in a pursuit. Maybe Tracker systems could b made mandatory fit for all new cars so police can back off if a situation becomes too dangerous yet still retain a good chance of recovering the vehicle.

So the breif summary to my answer is, no dont ban them altogether, but take a deep long look and change how you go about doing them!

Cheers

Answer 3

Untill they come out with a better way , this is the only way we hve to keep track of them.

If all cars had to have a tracking device on them, if there was some electric gun that would shut off the other car

But untill that day all we have we chasing them down.

Answer 4

Not in built up areas no. I know we cant let joyriders get away with it, but when the police are putting lives at risk by high chase speeds that isn't right.

Answer 5

You don't own a car do you?? If you did you wouldn't have to ask that. There is a time and a place to terminate a chase of any kind but you don't just stop chasing criminals altogether even if they are just joyriders. On second thought shoot those motherfuckers!!!

Answer 6

Yes they should, but when they catch them the judicial system should put them away for a long time. I know the do-gooders will be outraged, but hey F*** them, they cause more problems than anything else. When these yobs and thieves realise that they will face a long term in prison, rather than a slap on the wrist, the whole problem will gradually fade away.

Answer 7

Police need more training more support and better equipment and we the public must help them where ever possible. There should be more discpline within the force a better disciplined force is less reckless. Then they will be able to safely apprehend criminals as all crime must not be allowed to continue.

Answer 8

It's a really hairy question because either way causes harm to the innocent public.

There are rules in place that helps the police make the decision to let them go or go after them. It should be a case by case basis.

Answer 9

you'll see, the at the prompt are not breaking in, merely establishing an unlocked door. in case you got here back on your unlocked automobile and positioned your pc lacking, you'll run to the police and ***** about the loss, for this reason dropping police time, and then claiming on you coverage. such as leaving the keys interior the ignition even as procuring petrol, and then crying even as the autos sails off into the gap. imagine your self fortunate that's the police officials and under no circumstances a thief.

Answer 10

the problem here is-while joy-riders put public safety at risk if the police were told not to pursue them then none of our cars would be safe-it would be open season on the hard-working motorist because the theiving little scroats who steal our vehicles know they will get away with it.