Tip #1: If stopped by police, pull over and follow instructions. Tip #2: There is no tip #2, it's just tip #1.
This Florida man, meanwhile, not only disregarded tip #1, he took it all the way up to nearly 200mph while doing it:
[Suspect Richard] St. Leger, who was riding with a passenger, first fled pursuing officers in Orange County before flying through the counties of Osceola, Indian River, Okeechobee, St. Lucie and finally Martin.
The speed demon blew through several attempted traffic stops, and deputies suspended their ground pursuit at one point because the dangerously high speeds posed a risk to civilians.
Yeah that's when you know you're an insane criminal: When even the police are like, "Nah, chasing him is too dangerous right now."
Luckily this story has a happy ending—for the rest of us, I mean, not the suspect:
Martin County sheriff's deputies set up "stop sticks" in St. Leger's path as he zoomed around at 150 mph with his headlights off, the agency said. He drove directly over the devices and popped the car's tires.
St. Leger abandoned the disabled vehicle and disappeared on foot into nearby woods with officers and police dogs in pursuit.
Despite being cornered, he still refused to surrender. Deputies sent a K-9 named Zorro into the remote area and the dog made the final collar.
Go Zorro! You can't put a price on a K-9 pup.
"Stop sticks," by the way, are extremely effective. They don't always work dead-bang immediately, but they generally do enough damage to tires that it's only a matter of time before the perp loses control, as happened in Daytona Beach in 2020:
Nothing like having the right tool for the job!
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