Ever tried to evade the cops?

[gnihcraes]

good stories^^ not sure I can compete.

16 or 17, was at a friends house, party going on. I didn't drink. Another friend called, and believed someone was hiding inside his house and he needed help, he was really scared. (Why he didn't call 911 or PD, I dunno)

So I'm handed the keys to my friends 67 camaro, with about 5 other guys, we race through Green Mountain in Lakewood to help this other friend in his house about 1-2 miles away. Its late, I'm blasting around a long sweeping curve, (by two schools) and end up passing several Lakewood officers on the side of the road for some other situation. Oh Crap! I just keep on going, you can see them step into the street with their flashlights as we disappear into the darkness at a high rate of speed. I'm sure they came looking for us...

Finally get to the guys house and kill everything, wait a while before heading back out. Never did find any reason for the guy to be scared in his house, nobody was there but him.

1967 Camaro: 327, Muncie 4 speed, limited slip, unknown HP! was built buy another friend in Chicago where it easily did 11's in the quarter. The car was previously used to evade Chicago PD several times so I've been told.

[Ah Pook]

Short answer. Yes I have, but things were different in the 70's in Arlington, Texas.

Yeah, there wasn't much to Arlington in the '70s.

[sniper7]

only in my 99 passat. was going only 20 over in a 45 mph limit, he was going the opposite way, I passed him, watched him hit the lights and start to flip a U'y to come after me so I quick turned right into a neighborhood and made a right, a left, another right, came out on the road I was just on and continued on my way. he had turned into the neighborhood so he was busy looking for me as I kept on my way!

had one on foot. was at a buddies house and nobody was 21. cops showed up and were going to give everyone MIPs. we were hiding in the bathroom with a couple girls, and trying to hide in the shower, one kid broke a window trying to get out but a couple cops had the house surrounded and we pulled him back in, then the knock at the door that forced us to open it and everyone was pulled into the front room. we walked past the cops at the front door, ducked into a back bedroom and dove through the screen. this was a double-wide, and we were at the front. needless to say, the tongue was still there. I had a bruise for a couple weeks. my buddy that dove first bent his truck key into his thigh and punctured skin.

from there we bolted and luckily had the fat cop. just me and my buddy now on foot. we heard a car coming, so we ran out into a field (this is in sterling on the outskirts of town), laid in the grass as the spotlight went over us a couple times then we heard the car drive further down. we took off again, got to a small car dealership and caught out breaths when a cop pulls in and starts lighting the place up with his spotlight. he both hopped on the bumper of a tahoe and ducked under the window as he drove through looking. once he left we took off through more fields and my friend called a buddy to get a ride.

as we were running across a field, we saw a couple more cars looking for us where we had to drop down in the rows (this is in december, all corn is cut and fields plowed). we were in full sprint when all of a sudden my buddy yells "STOP!" too late.
I fell into the ditch at full speed. he said it look like wiley coyote. ditch was an angled down cement sided, dirt bottom ditch. i hit the lower end of the cement, rolled down, kinda caught my feet and ended up in the freezing 6" deep water. luckily i was on my feet but sunk it to my knees.
My buddy comes running up, sees if I am okay, which, being drunk and with an adrenaline rush I was fine, so I thought.

his friend shows up, we crawl out of the ditch and head to the guys house.
I knew nobody here except for my friend and the guy whose house we were at, so I trusted nobody.
once we got to the house, we chilled out, tried to warm up, when we here a car roll up outside...COPS.
we went out the back door and took off. we were still on the outskirts of town so took off for the fields. we got out in a field and were catching our breath when my buddies phone rang...female cop tells him he has a warrant out and if he doesn't return to the house the cops will be coming to get him in the morning. they want to know who his friend is and we both need to go back to the house and get our MIPs. like I said...nobody knew me. he got ratted out, but wasn't about to rat me out.

He said he was alone, continued that claim and we had to separate. I, in my infinite wisdom, got turned around and ended up going the wrong direction for 2 miles, until i realized where I was when I saw the wal-mart...about 5 miles from his parents house on the opposite side of town.

I started across more fields, continued to see police cars patrolling the streets. I later found out that sterling police, logan county sheriff, state patrol were all after us.

I had to and weave my wave through fields for the 5 miles, cross a highway, railroad tracks and more fields and roads along the way. closest call was at the john deere dealership when a cop pulled in spotlighting and I had to hide in the wheel of a huge 4wd and wrap around the tire as he spotlighted.

My buddy tried calling me as he got his MIP and was wanting to pick me up and get me back to his parents but I didn't trust anyone and said I would get myself home, and would scope out for cops before I came in.

I finally got to his parents property, circled around the place in the trees and found it to be safe, came up to the window and crawled in where he was waiting.

At that point I realized I was at least in stage 1 hypothermia. shaking uncontrollably. My pant legs up to the knee were literally frozen. rock solid. I only had a t-shirt on as I left my leather jacket at the party house, so the 10 degree weather had done its toll, plus being wet. I got in a sleeping bag and shook for probably a good hour before being able to control the shaking somewhat, then finally passed out.

one hell of a night!



only other times were when i had to run on dirtbikes or 4 wheelers in places we weren't supposed to be, but that was easy to get away because we knew every spot and areas cops would never be able to get to.

[Irving]

My cousin was driving my 1996 Acura Integra GSR, because I had a red license for points accumulations. *This was well before F&F came out Graves * We were leaving The Loop (the Westminster one) heading south down Wadsworth, going up the hill towards say 70th, 76tth, or Pomona?

We get stopped at a light between an MKIII Toyota Supra (N/A) and something like a Pontiac Grand Prix or a Chevy Lumina Euro Sport. Light turned green and we all raced. We were winning when a 5.0 came cruising over the hill in the other direction. 5.0 instantly flipped a bitch and threw on the party lights. Everyone panicked and slammed on the brakes, shooting us (in the middle lane) even further ahead of the pack. The Lumina pulled over to the shoulder, but my cousin took a left at the top of the hill (there is a stop light there now), then we took the first left into that apartment complex. We ducked into a spot, just in time to notice the stupid kids in the Supra following us! All of us got out of the cars and just stood around in the middle of the complex. We watched the cops drive around the complex for like an hour.


Years later I had a 1990 Acura Integra RS. That one actually had some balls because I turbocharged it. Not like 11's fast, but a 13.8 at Bandimere on bald tire with an open diff and a trap speed of 106mph. I couldn't drive it very well. One night, I saw this 60's Camaro that you could tell was in the middle of a restoration by some similarly aged high school or college kid. I was driving passed it in the opposite direction.

About an hour later, I left where I was to go home, and came across the same car. He was going the general direction that I was, so I stayed with him for a few miles trying to get him to race me. He was apparently on his way to the Hamburger Stand at 6th and Union. Anyway, on Simms between Colfax and 6th (heading southbound), I finally got him to bite. Poor guy had no idea what was coming. My car was a total sleeper and looked like a piece of junk. I don't think the other guy had anything done to his car, probably just bought it. Once he started to go, I left him behind so fast that I actually felt bad. We both saw a cop do a U-turn in the rear view. The Camaro immediately slowed and got over, I just took my foot off the gas, but didn't slow down. I coasted over the hill at 6th and pulled into that hotel there, parked, went into the lobby and took a dump.

I've been pulled over many times, and while I was young, I was let go EVERY single time I actually deserved to be pulled over for driving stupid. Now that I'm older and don't drive crazy anymore, I haven't been let off at all.

I've fish tailed passed a CSP in a Camaro while I was doing 90 mph and was let go.
I passed an officer going the opposite direction while I was straddling the double yellow line (I was apexing those turns behind the Taco Bell at I-70 and Kipling) and let go.

Now I'm old and my car sucks balls.

[Irving]

I started across more fields, continued to see police cars patrolling the streets. I later found out that sterling police, logan county sheriff, state patrol were all after us.

For a bunch of drunk minors?

[sniper7]

For a bunch of drunk minors?

yep, there is literally absolutely nothing for them to do in that town. any kind of disturbance and every cop in on the call. I am not joking when I saw a cop lives on every block in sterling. you can drive through that town and depending on the time of day you will probably see some kind of law enforcement car on just about every block.

I am just glad I didn't grow up there, I would have been in serious trouble.

every single kid I ever met from sterling has at least 1 MIP or DUI or multiple speeding tickets. I feel bad for the people there. nothing to do, small town and a disproportional amount of law enforcement.

The next day we found out there were over 20 officers looking for the 2 of us. I don't remember the exact number, but I remember it was in the 20's.

[Irving]

Well, that is quite the story sir. Glad your arms didn't fall off from frost bite.

[bryjcom]

Ran from the cops a few times. Never got in a car chase though. Most of the time it was for stupid shit. Skateboarding, being in the park after dark, that kinda stuff.

First time was when I was about 10 years old. My friends and I were shooting bottle rockets and we found a 20 foot piece of PVC. So we took it, set it up on the large brick wall that went in front of the entire length of the apt. complex and were shooting bottle rockets through the PVC and into the street. Well we managed to hit a cop car that just happen to be passing by so he came through the parking lot with his spot light. We saw the light and ran as fast as we could down the main road in a drainage ditch and made it to the opposite side of the complex. We were all standing there on the corner thinking it was all over when the cop rolled up.

We were so dumb and young that we didn't know to keep running.........

[bjl913]

I had a close call once. I wouldnt really call it running as much as I would call it making the other guy get the ticket!

I was driving my dads Kenny Brown Panther Crown Vic about 8 years ago. Fun car! Miss it!!! Supercharged making 350hp and running 13's!! Probably more car than an 18 year old kid should have been allowed! I was driving on a 6 lane wide portion of a road who's name I wont mention. I was sitting at a light and a late model Camaro pulled up next to me. Looked to be a guy in his mid 30's with a cute girl riding shotgun. I figured it would be fun to try and embarrass this guy with nearly 2 tons of fun! Even if I didn't pull ahead, I was sure it would be a fun matchup! So needless to say, after a little bit of revving and him laughing at me, the light turns green. Off we go! I took him by about a car length through first gear to about 50mph, but he was already in second and pulling up QUICK! We both hit 3rd at about 80mph and the were neck and neck until about 110... Next thing I know there is an unmarked cruiser flipping around and hitting his lights behind us and the light we were coming up on was red! Mr Camaro got off the gas before I did allowing me to get in front of him and get over to the right. Camaro stopped in the middle lane at the light and I took a right, blowing the light, and punched it! I watched the cruiser pull in behind the Camaro in my rear view... At this point I was only about 2 miles from home so I hurried there and parked the car in the garage! I kinda feel bad for Mr Camaro, but better him than me!!!

Now I wouldnt even dream of doing anything stupid like that, let alone driving dangerously on the street!

[Irving]

Anyone ever been the chaser in a car chase? I've done that twice.