… Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson called the crash “horrific” but “preventable.”
“The fact that two children lost their lives this morning as the result of really bad decision-making is very saddening to all of us,” he said. …
… The preliminary information shows that the sheriff’s deputies involved did not violate any laws and “did their job right,” he said. …
No one is saying the driver isn’t at fault. But car chases can make suspect drivers panic, and panic makes bad drivers out of all of us.
Better for them to realise that escape is futile even if they do dodge that one police car, and just surrender at that point.
Better for the driver to figure that out before he decides to take off at high speed with 4 kids in the car.
Exactly. When the dude’s been stickied with a GPS receiver, dude should know the game is up and he won’t have time to take it off before cops are on his ass.
But that requires building a reputation and that requires building some solid AF procedures that cannot be dealt with quickly by an escaping driver.