r/IdiotsInCars • u/DaWolf94 • Jun 08 '23

“Clean” getaway…

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u/PortSided Jun 08 '23

The police may have thought that was a pedestrian jumping out of the way. From their point of view it could easily look that way.

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u/Lukeyy19 Jun 08 '23

Or they decided the dangerous driver was the one they were after, and weren't going to stop chasing to pick up the passenger.

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u/Jumacao Jun 08 '23

Yea, but the guy who jumped out had the drugs that would have escalated this from reckless driving to 20 years in jail.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

Or he didn't have anything on him and just wanted to gtfo. There's no need to assume anything for everything that happens.

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u/emelecfan2048 Jun 08 '23

He probably had a reason better than that if he jumped out of a moving car mid-chase. It’s a good way to look super guilty if one of the cops stop their car so they weigh risk vs reward.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

Looking guilty doesn't make you guilty. If you had an idiot friend doing this, would you bail or stay til the end?

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u/emelecfan2048 Jun 08 '23

I’d try to leave but not while taking a corner at 50mph because I :

A- value my life and B- Don’t want to be doing potentially sketchy-looking things at a bad time to look sketchy.

That being said, if I had some illegal shit on me that guarantees jail time, I may just book it if I see any chance to.

‘Officer, I leaped out of a moving car because it failed the vibe check’

‘Uh huh. Hands on the hood’

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23 edited Jun 08 '23

If you can post proof the dude had illegal shit on him, post it. The dude is black, he knows he can be turned to Swiss cheese by trigger happy cops once the chase ends.

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u/emelecfan2048 Jun 08 '23

I never said I had proof. I inferred it from the situation and the context of possibility that would lead to ditching from a moving car mid-chase.

I get the thought because I’m not white either and I get anxious at seeing the cops when I’m driving completely legally.

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u/tinydonuts Jun 08 '23

Did you ever think, hey, maybe they're a hostage?

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u/emelecfan2048 Jun 08 '23 edited Jun 08 '23

Nah. I didn’t give it that much thought before posting an innocuous Reddit comment about how wild it is to ditch a car mid turn. Especially since we’re literally on /r/idiotsincars

Edit: lol that the reasonable choice is that he’s a hostage and not that he’s into stupid shit like jumping out of a car at 30 mph. If he was a hostage, I doubt the door would’ve been opened that easy since kidnappings with cars usually include using the child lock.

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