Police chases. Why would they stop?

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Last night I watched a live police chase. Supposedly it was a stolen car. Obviously they want the criminal to pull over and give up. We even have a few enhancements that add time for such chases.

But why would the criminal stop?

A few miles into it and they’ve already added significant charges with video evidence. Added to the original crime I don’t see a real difference between 5+ years and decades to life in prison.
 
I’d rather be in 5 years in prison than life. Better yet, I’ll just not go at all.
 
I don’t see much difference better a few years and life. Both destroy your livelihood, assets, and social structure. Plus felonies are a scarlet letter forever limiting your future.
 
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Free men talking about imprisonment is like virgins talking about sex. They don’t have any idea.

Nevertheless, I will speculate that after 5 years in prison, freedom would look pretty good, even with the restrictions imposed on felons. Some kind of reconstruction could begin.
 
We should ask Police… I guess many stop.
Only that the ones that do not , make for an interesting video or TV programme.
If one likes chases,that is…
 
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If one needs to commit armed burglary and steal cars I doubt they have a livelihood, assets and a social structure.
 
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HerCrazierHalf said:
But why would the criminal stop?
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Are you assuming that criminals act rationally?

Are you assuming that, in the midst of such an encounter with police, a person under that kind of stress acts rationally?

(In any case, as a chase progresses, maybe a person might begin realizing the consequences of the rash decision to run that they made a few miles down the road, and begin to realize that it’s better just to give up.)
 
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Are you assuming that criminals act rationally?
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Maybe? Doesn’t one need some planning for such risky undertakings?
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…rash decision to run that they made a few miles down the road, and begin to realize that it’s better just to give up.)
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Very rare. Most give up only once the car is disabled. Many run on foot afterwards.
 
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