Why Car Chases Will Still Happen Even Once We Have Self-Driving Cars

Dr. Lance Eliot, AI Insider

[Ed. Note: For reader’s interested in Dr. Eliot’s ongoing business analyses about the advent of self-driving cars, see his online Forbes column: https://forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/]

Most people have a New Year’s resolution involving going on a diet or exercising more.

Apparently, here in Los Angeles, making a resolution to lead a frantic car chase and be relentlessly pursued by the police is popular too.

At the start of this year, just a few short days after New Year’s Day celebrations including the famous and breathtaking Tournament of Roses Parade, a seemingly crazed driver led the cops on a two-hour wanton driving romp throughout the Southern California area.

THE PIT MANEUVER

You might not be aware that there is a well-known method often used by the authorities to try and curtail a chasing car, a method known as the PIT maneuver.

Most Californians have heard of the PIT maneuver since we are considered the capital of car chases in the United States.

We seem to have more car chases than any other state.

Last year, we had a reported 800 or so official car chases.