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Police involved in a [[Hot Pursuit]] will not make even the slightest attempts to preserve their own safety or welfare, or that of [[Innocent Bystander
If the bad guy plows though a [[Fruit Cart|farmers' market]], the cops will do the same to chase him.
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* Parodied brilliantly in the ''[[Blues Brothers]]'' (picture above), with an ''unbelievably'' large number of <s>lemmings</s> cops. (Made funnier in that, since the heroes are driving an old police car, the cops ''should'' be able to do what they do.)
** Don't forget that the Blues Brothers were on a [[Mission From God]].
* ''Taxi 2''. Dozens of police cars follow the main characters. Wherever the main characters' car goes, the police go as
* ''[[Batman Begins]]''. Despite Batman's "no killing" creed (which the cops don't know about), many cops engage him in a high speed chase through highways and back streets. Several spectacular crashes occur with 2 or 3 car pileups, grenades are deployed at one point, and the Batmobile even drives over a police cruiser, demolishing it. When he gets back to the Batcave, Alfred (who has been following the news reports of the chase) tells him "It's a miracle no one was killed." Er, yeah.
** They try to justify it in the direct sequel ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', by giving the Batmobile "lifesign sensors." It knows which cars are okay to blow up.
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== Video Games ==
* Cops in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series are completely reckless in their pursuit of the
** Literal Lemming cops in [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA4]] here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqzeZFO897A
** Even on foot it goes sideways as many GTA police simply cannot swim.
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* Parodied in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when Stewie, Brian and Mort are in a submarine, being chased by another submarine. They manage to make their pursuer crash and the moment it does so, about two dozen police cars come in apparently from nowhere, crashing into the sub.
* In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Marge and her friend Laura Powers are being chased by the police across the desert. Homer, riding in Chief Wiggum's car ([[It Makes Sense in Context|long story]]) successfully warns them that they're about to drive into The Grand Chasm and they brake to a stop in time, while Wiggum and Homer go hurtling past them and over the edge.
* Parodied again in ''[[South Park]]'', where Cartman and Kyle are riding their Big Wheels to California. A CHP Cruiser spots them and gives chase, at what could be no faster than
* The [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Bikini Bottom police]] are prone to this type of pursuit, notably when chasing Spongebob and Mrs. Puff during the former's driving test. There is a tanker truck of fruit punch for seniors involved.
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