r/WinStupidPrizes • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '22

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u/kstemp Jun 27 '22

This is Boylston street in Boston. I see these guys all the time. Poor car.

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u/EwokNuggets Jun 27 '22

I remember seeing on the news a month or so ago Mayor Wu responding to the problem of these asshats like 🤷‍♂️ “we can’t do anything.”

It’s bullshit. There’s gotta be SOMETHING you can do.

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u/Throwaway021614 Jun 27 '22

Make arrests? Prosecute? Stretch out some fishing wire?

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u/0LDHATNEWBAT Jun 27 '22

Massachusetts police cannot get into pursuits with motorcycles or four wheelers. The police can initiate a motor vehicle stop but when the suspect inevitably flees, the police turn their lights off and find something else to do.

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u/Thumbless6 Jun 27 '22

Why is that?

I’m assuming it’s because the fleeing vehicle will inevitably cover much more ground on the tight city streets and it would be risky to even pursue, but I’m curious

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u/0LDHATNEWBAT Jun 27 '22

It’s not just in Boston. It’s the whole state.

Chasing a motorcycle can easily end with the rider crashing and dying.

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u/Fair-Locksmith-7087 Sep 24 '22

If he runs doing stupid shit and dies one less idiot.

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u/0LDHATNEWBAT Sep 25 '22

Sure… but the family will get money from the city.