He didn’t flee because of the expired tag. He fled because he was a felon with a stolen firearm in the car.

If you pay your taxes, don’t get your license suspended, don’t get out of jail and then steal a gun, and at least try to respect authority, then you won’t even enter into a situation where you have the choice to have to flee at 107 mph through red lights.

The idea is not to reach those speeds in the first place, but yeah, nobody is gonna stand on the brakes if the cops stand down. Not right there and then, and to suggest they would is a strawman. They are gonna fly off until the cops are out of their mirrors and then gradually slow down. People generally don’t like…

“minivan full of nuns”

“This isn’t some sort of, some people do it one way, others do it another, situation”

“Police maintain that they were doing their job despite the fact no one should be condemned to death for a traffic violation.” Uh, no. The guy committed suicide. Nobody made him lead the police in a high-speed chase, that’s on him.

If this guy had exited the vehicle as told, he’d have been arrested for felony gun possession - so like any good felon he ran. No one takes off for expired tags, and the police know this. I agree that once it hit those speeds the cops should have broken it off. But the original sin here is the driver’s attempt to…

I’m not sure I’m buying into the “aw, he didn’t deserve to die” message here. He went north of 100 mph, blew red lights, broke myriad laws. As the yoots say, FAFO.

And the truck driver, and the firefighters? The PD going to foot the bill for their PTSD? When a chase hits those speeds, the chase ought to be discontinued in the name public safety.

That last quote: “If he had stopped, he’d be with us today.”

Because police can just as easily “chase” you with radios, surveillance and detective work that doesn’t endanger the general public.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I feel for the poor box truck driver who has to deal with this. But thankfully a nice big truck and not a minivan full of nuns.

That last number is wild! 293 chases in one county in one year?!? How many ended in fatalities? Like if that’s one a day, that means that on 80% of days, they had a chase. While the law requires people to stop for police when ordered, the fact is some folks won’t. You don’t have a right to run, but I cannot believe…

Police chases are a massive risk to the public, a big waste of resources, and frequently a needless escalation of minor crimes. I’m just about the last person to defend cops being needlessly brutal in these types of situations. But I really resent the framing that suggests *ANYBODY ALIVE* thinks that racing away from…

Yep, I went from like 4 fluorescent fixtures and some old halogen track lighting to 3 fluorescent fixtures, 6 4' LED fixtures and the track lighting. It is wonderful. I have more LED’s too, but kind of waiting for the fluorescents to slowly stop working to replace them. I also have portable lights for when I am under…

Jay himself has said that his WIFE is getting calls that start out, “I know Jay will never sell this particular car, but after he passes, please give me a call and I’ll offer you at least $XXX,XXXX+ for it”

He’s worth like half a billion. I think he’d rather part with some cash rather than the F1.

That’s why I like the “full-size model car kit” trend.  If your cars are just display pieces, lean into it and have some fun with it.

I’ve got LED stick lighting smothering the garage ceiling—I’m with you—a well-lit garage is nirvana.

I thought I hit the jackpot when we bought a house that had a 2-car detached garage in addition to the 3-car garage attached to the house but this certainly takes the cake. With that said, I prefer the bare concrete floors, cobwebs, and actual ability to do work and get a bit dirty in my garage and while I don’t have…