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* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]? Fumoffu'', this is played for laughs when an obstinate police officer (who looks suspiciously like she wandered off the set of [[You're Under Arrest]]) gives chase to Sousuke and Chidori double-riding a stolen bike using her squad car and fails epically.

** The next time we see her, she mentions she's on probation due to wrecking the car.

 

 

* ''[[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.

* Double subversion in the movie ''Short Time'': the main character engages in this sort of behavior during a car chase... because ''he is actually [[Suicide Is Painless|suicidal]]''. However he ends up miraculously surviving and even gets a commendation!

* The cops and FBI agents in ''Eagle Eye'' stupidly follow the protagonist through cross traffic at red lights, smashing into innocent civilians along the way. One even tries to ''ram'' him head-on!

* Older than ''all'' of these are the [[wikipedia:Keystone Kops|Keystone Kops]].

* When the cops are after you in ''[[Driver]]'', they seek to chase and ram you no matter at what costs, up to kamikaze-like head-on collisions when both you and the cops are driving at maximum speed. This is justified by the fact that nobody can get out of their car, and the squad cars are actually [[Car Fu|the police's only weapon]] against you. In the sequels, the cops are smarter, but still not smart enough not to chase you [[Ramp Jump|over ramps]].

* As with all the above examples, the cops in the ''Midtown Madness'' games are ridiculously single minded in their attempts to run the player off the road, including crashing through other traffic.

 

 

* 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 5mph. Despite this, the Police Car somehow manages to lose control and flip over the median.

 

 

== Real Life ==

 

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