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986 · 13th April 2002, 22:01

Lonman and the other Gumballers were not lucky at all. If a car chase is considered too dangerous, if the cops know they don't have a chance of catching you and if you haven't done anything serious (like roobing a bank) they'll let you off the hook. This is done to take the pressure off the offender and to make sure he doesn't take an even higher risk. Traffic violations are not enforcable across borders whereas a crime is indeed enforcable. German police will then call upon the dutch police before you even reach the border... However there is a very fine line between a traffic offence and a crime on german autobahns. Tailgating is considered a crime if the guy you are tailgating feels constraint and reports you to the cops. Boom, then they'll be after you and they WILL get you to stop. Their means include an artificial traffic jam which will slow you down...

The case commented on by SC786 was a bank robbery and hostage taking and was therefore considered very serious and thus they were chased across 3 countries.

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986 Junior Member, warming up (<31 posts) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: London Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lonman and the other Gumballers were not lucky at all. If a car chase is considered too dangerous, if the cops know they don't have a chance of catching you and if you haven't done anything serious (like roobing a bank) they'll let you off the hook. This is done to take the pressure off the offender and to make sure he doesn't take an even higher risk. Traffic violations are not enforcable across borders whereas a crime is indeed enforcable. German police will then call upon the dutch police before you even reach the border... However there is a very fine line between a traffic offence and a crime on german autobahns. Tailgating is considered a crime if the guy you are tailgating feels constraint and reports you to the cops. Boom, then they'll be after you and they WILL get you to stop. Their means include an artificial traffic jam which will slow you down... The case commented on by SC786 was a bank robbery and hostage taking and was therefore considered very serious and thus they were chased across 3 countries. Last edited by 986; 13th April 2002 at 22:02.