Ejectoo-Seato Cuz!, yeah that probably hurt a bit...

Remember SF friends, buckle up for safety!


https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2052371169475481945

That goes for cops too.

Unbelted car crashes are one of the leading causes of LEO injuries.

(I'm guilty of not wearing my seat belt on duty too.)

I’m helping to teach our Rookies pursuit training today. This is one of my pet peeves, cannot tell you how many times officers working for me have not had their damn seatbelt on going 100 miles an hour in a pursuit. I know it’s not the point of the OP, but…

I always wear mine. It costs me nothing, and I've seen too many people die needlessly in survivable crashes because they weren't. One guy even killed his wife in the passenger seat when his flying body hit her after impact. Stupid.

That's one way to remove a tire from the wheel. It held up well. Must not have been a Firestone.

did he survive?

^^ From the post on 'X'...just a click away

"The suspect was hospitalized with serious injuries — and now faces a list of new charges, including DUI and reckless driving, plus warrants in two states."

"43-year-old Scotty Nicholas Oldfield"

Isn't that getting a little old to be a burglar, not to mention running from the police? I thought that was the province of the young and stupid.

Karma..bitch.

Old head did a bit of vehicle surfing near the end.

Any relation to Barney Oldfield?

It used to be an insult to your driving ability to be called "Barney Oldfield."

I am absolutely amazed he isn't dead.

"I'm not dead yet!"

The one thing everyone forgets is that a seatbelt is not only to protect you in a crash but to keep you behind the wheel and in control of your vehicle.

Worked in the safety department of a trucking company and more than once a driver got bounced out of his seat and probably could have prevented worse if they had not been laying on the floorboard or in the passenger seat.

I was worried for a minute, but the blue convertible was safe.

No chase involved but my brother was a passenger when they got t-boned from the right.
He would have been killed if he was wearing a seat belt. I realize that it is the exception to the rule as far as accidents go.

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
I am absolutely amazed he isn't dead.

"I'm not dead yet!"

I'm getting better.

If only a property crime, that pursuit should have been terminated in that environment. I was involved in pursuits in my earlier years I would have terminated in my later years.

I have seen countless videos of well-intentioned LEOs pursuing vehicles resulting in their injury or death and/or to the suspects and civilians. With lenient prosecution along with the above negatives, many pursuits aren’t worth it.

Justice, being the goal, we must always put public safety before that lofty goal. The days of pursuits of 16 year old kids running for no DL killing themself and entire families should be way in the past.

Also, we had a firearms instructor who was a retired LAPD SWAT guy. He told us they didn’t wear seatbelts for swift egress. Because of our guys hearing that and wanting to be at his level of street chred, began riding unsecured. I don’t have any recollection of anything bad coming from that. As for, I’m always secured due to my experiences as a teenager being saved from serious injury or death.

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Originally posted by ftttu:
He told us they didn’t wear seatbelts for swift egress. Because of our guys hearing that and wanting to be at his level of street cred, began riding unsecured.

That's what I was taught early in my career ~20 years ago as well.

I've since reconsidered that after gaining some age, wisdom, and experience.