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...
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.
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.