Originally Posted by Hoovey2411

San Diego cops spike-strip speeding father-to-be

A San Diego man was arrested by police at gunpoint for allegedly leading them on a high-speed chase involving multiple police cars and a helicopter. The chase only ended when the man ran over a spike strip, puncturing one or more of his tires, according to a report from U-T San Diego.

The reason the man was fleeing? Not drugs, or drunk driving, or driving without a license - he was trying to get to the hospital in time for the birth of his child. Apparently, paramedics had taken his wife to the hospital, and he followed in his personal car. The report isn't clear, but at some point, the paramedics got far enough ahead of him that he resulted to speeding and swerving to catch up. The police, who occasionally make mistakes too, thought he was a drunk driver and attempted to pull him over. When that failed, the spike strip got involved.

Complying with the officer's directions, the father-to-be stepped away from the vehicle and was arrested. The man's argument that he was dedicated to being by his wife's side was apparently enough for police, who received confirmation from paramedics and released him. Proving that no justifiable crime goes unpunished, the cops have reportedly forwarded a report to the San Diego city attorney's office, which is debating whether to file failure to yield charges. It's unclear if the man made it to the hospital in time.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/06/s...-father-to-be/

Originally Posted by CK6Speed

Why would this guy even need an escort to the hospital? He wasn't having the baby and he wasn't driving anyone that was having a baby to the hospital either. He should at least get a felony reckless driving charge. Maybe no loss of license, but he better have to pay a huge fine. If I have to pay $300+ for a speeding ticket this guy better be paying over $1,000 for felony reckless driving.

Originally Posted by Hoovey2411

When he first got flashed he should have pulled over and asked for a police escort. I'm sure they'd have obliged

Originally Posted by chikoo

my esteemed boss and Sr VP of the company, and right hand to the CEO, once told me "Why do you need to be at the hospital? you are not having the baby, are you?" when I took a vacation day off on a nights notice.