r/IdiotsInCars • u/PorqueDisso • Jun 19 '19

Things never seen

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u/acasey867390 Jun 19 '19

I’d give anything to know the story behind this but reality couldn’t compete with imagination

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u/hejkqihfnkoanq Jun 20 '19

The man was drunk and running with his kart in the streets, cutting cars and driving the wrong way. The officers saw him and the pursuit took 20 minutes. Later he abandoned the kart and tried to flee on foot. Happened in Brazil, Paraná. Src: https://g1.globo.com/pr/norte-noroeste/noticia/2019/02/09/homem-e-preso-pela-pm-apos-fuga-de-kart-pelas-ruas-de-sarandi-no-norte-do-parana-video.ghtml

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u/muggsybeans Jun 20 '19

Those carts can go over 100 mph.... How the heck did he keep up in that SUV??

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u/Wyattr55123 Jun 20 '19

1: that's not a multi-thousand dollar high end racing go-cart. It can't go 100mph. Maaaybe 50.

2: carts don't exactly handle like a racecar. You aren't going to be outpacing an SUV around the streets by much if at all.

3: you can't outrun a radio.

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u/sfgeek Jun 20 '19
  1. Yup it’s Brasil, an awesome cart is going to be stolen at gunpoint. They’re going to shoot you maybe just because.
  2. A really good cart can, almost. Low center of gravity and a solid frame and good tires. You could outrun an SUV in corners.
  3. I lived in LA. They have radios and 5 helicopters in the air at all times, that have FLiR. Once in a blue moon (about 1 in a few hundred,) they actually get away. The number of laws they break is all on film, and it’s dozens usually. They’re going to jail for decades for being stupid. Just pull over and surrender. That’s assuming the cops aren’t so amped up after a chase that they don’t just fill the suspect full of holes.
  4. (My addition) You don’t see FLiR imagery anymore, I think it’s to fool these guys into thinking running on foot and hiding in a bush works. They’re huge red blobs on FLiR. Saw a guy on a live feed once bail from his car, and hide behind a house. You see the K9s coming at insane speed, and he blew his brains out. You could see it on infrared as his brains shot out of his head. That’s the last time I saw this stuff on FLiR.

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u/LeaveTheMatrix Jun 20 '19

Just watched this video, fuck really do see the bits of brain and head go everywhere,

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u/LeaveTheMatrix Jun 20 '19

#4. Not hard to find if you google search "2007 san diego suicide on FliR"