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A 36-year-old British driver was chased by the police this February. At first, it looks like there's nothing special.
They eventually caught him, and he has been sentenced to 15 months in jail. He will also get a three-year driving ban, which will only end after an extended retest. The driver also has to pay a victim surcharge of 100 pounds, which sounds cheap when compared to the damage that he could have caused.
However, this news is not about Mr. Bruce Dewey, the driver we were writing above, and his pursuit. Instead, it is about his audacity. This man was driving a blue Honda Legend near Worthing, West Sussex. It was on a Monday evening, and he only had a provisional driving license, Bexhill Observer notes.
Police officers requested him to stop, and even placed stop sticks (spike strips) to burst his tires, but he dodged them and kept driving dangerously.
So far, nothing exceptional when it comes to dangerous driving. Well, here comes the audacious part - Bruce Dewey called 999, the number of emergency services in the UK, while being pursued by police, and asked them to back off and leave him alone.
You have to admit, one does have a considerable nerve to call the cops while being pursued by officers, and ask them to stop chasing you. We have only seen something similar in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”
We are not going to spoil it for you, but someone in a white Ford Bronco phoned 911 while the police were after them and requested to be left alone.
The chase left no human casualties, but a police vehicle was put out of action, while two other cruisers were damaged. On top of dangerous driving and improperly using a provisional license, he did not have third party insurance.
As Police Commissioner Peter De Silvo, of the Surrey and Sussex road policing unit said, it is fortunate that nobody was injured in the incident, which did not occur at high speed. Regardless, it is a police chase, and dangerous driving is hazardous no matter the velocity.
However, this news is not about Mr. Bruce Dewey, the driver we were writing above, and his pursuit. Instead, it is about his audacity. This man was driving a blue Honda Legend near Worthing, West Sussex. It was on a Monday evening, and he only had a provisional driving license, Bexhill Observer notes.
Police officers requested him to stop, and even placed stop sticks (spike strips) to burst his tires, but he dodged them and kept driving dangerously.
So far, nothing exceptional when it comes to dangerous driving. Well, here comes the audacious part - Bruce Dewey called 999, the number of emergency services in the UK, while being pursued by police, and asked them to back off and leave him alone.
You have to admit, one does have a considerable nerve to call the cops while being pursued by officers, and ask them to stop chasing you. We have only seen something similar in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”
We are not going to spoil it for you, but someone in a white Ford Bronco phoned 911 while the police were after them and requested to be left alone.
The chase left no human casualties, but a police vehicle was put out of action, while two other cruisers were damaged. On top of dangerous driving and improperly using a provisional license, he did not have third party insurance.
As Police Commissioner Peter De Silvo, of the Surrey and Sussex road policing unit said, it is fortunate that nobody was injured in the incident, which did not occur at high speed. Regardless, it is a police chase, and dangerous driving is hazardous no matter the velocity.
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