A V almost got jacked on TV.

[Knightro2]

Not sure if anyone else watched this but last night at about 7pm EST CNN.com was broadcasting a live high speed pursuit in LA (go figure). Some girl was tryin to out run the police in a stolen U-Haul. It went on for about 2 hours. She finally ran out of gas in Oxnard.

Anyway, she jumped out of the truck and starting running. A bunch of cars were pulled off on the shoulder and she ran up to one and tried to get in the passenger side. It was a gray V. The V just peeled out and drove off. She was eventually tackled by a police officer. It was a great ending to a chase.

Thought I'd share...it was good TV for a week when nothing else is on. lol

[Moghedian]

You totally beat me to the punch This is a very good example of the thought that goes into making our cars safe. Auto-locking doors at 15mph literally may have saved that persons life!

Go Versa!

[VersaMG08]

Yeah, I watched that high pursuit chase on the news yesterday. I couldn't stop watching it dude, it's like watching someone playing a racing videogame, lol. She side swiped a BMW side mirror I believe. Is that a common thing to happen around LA and Socal? Do they have pics of the woman, is she hot?

[Knightro2]

Nah, she was a little "gangsta"...or I guess more of a "wangsta".

Anyways, yea..I got home and jumped on CNN like I normally do just to catch up on the news and saw the "Watch Live" at the top..so I did. Then my fiance' got home and was all into it. So I got on my Xbox and streamed it through my server running TVeristy which has CNN.com streaming on there so we watched it until it ended.

I did have thoughts of GTA when you steal a truck in that game...though I could never get it to go that fast. I don't know what U-haul she got but all the ones I ever got were busted...that chase would have been over in 5 minutes. lol Hence why I always rent from Budget now...just incase I need to out run the law.

I was commenting to my fiance how LA always has pursuits. I guess it is a past time of the criminals. heh heh. The helicopter reporter was saying this was the third high speed pursuit in 3 days.

[TrustME]

I wish that I could have seen this. Its unfortunate that people do this on a regular damn basis, it seems. Whenever it is on, however, I can't seem to change the channel.

[Knightro2]

I found the video when she jumps out of the truck and tries to get in the Versa.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/t....html

Play the video, it starts right when the U-Haul runs out of gas.

[Andrews Chalmers]

You totally beat me to the punch This is a very good example of the thought that goes into making our cars safe. Auto-locking doors at 15mph literally may have saved that persons life!

Go Versa!

Only available starting in the 2009 model year

But I am anal about locking the doors anyway - known too many people who almost got carjacked at gas stations/parking lots of the YMCA, etc.

[mightyversa]

Only available starting in the 2009 model year

But I am anal about locking the doors anyway - known too many people who almost got carjacked at gas stations/parking lots of the YMCA, etc.

How hard is it to just push 1 button locking all doors? I think people are getting more lazier. Not ranting guys, just saying.

[They Call Me Whatshisname]

How hard is it to just push 1 button locking all doors? I think people are getting more lazier. Not ranting guys, just saying.

Some people don't lock their doors or care about doing it. But, in a case like this, it saved that persons car and possibly life.

[marleyfan]

Some people don't lock their doors or care about doing it. But, in a case like this, it saved that persons car and possibly life.

A bit of a stretch don't you think? A: you cant tell what year that v is so you don't know if it had auto locking doors. B: the car wasn't moving when she tried the door so the doors were clearly locked before she got there and we have no way of knowing when they were locked. C: the woman was unarmed and the cop was right there so it is unlikely that any harm would have come to the car or the driver.

Auto locking doors can be good but lets not get carried away.

[They Call Me Whatshisname]

A bit of a stretch don't you think? A: you cant tell what year that v is so you don't know if it had auto locking doors. B: the car wasn't moving when she tried the door so the doors were clearly locked before she got there and we have no way of knowing when they were locked. C: the woman was unarmed and the cop was right there so it is unlikely that any harm would have come to the car or the driver.

Auto locking doors can be good but lets not get carried away.

A: I was replying to MV's post on why auto-locking could be life-saving. I never said this car had it. I said this is why it exists and why they call it a "safety feature". B: They auto-lock after the car goes over 15 MPH and this car was on a freeway. They don't unlock when you stop.C: Again, I said "in a case like this". I didn't say "That meth addict ran up to the guy with a shotgun thank god it had auto-locking doors".

[marleyfan]

Some people don't lock their doors or care about doing it. But, in a case like this, it saved that persons car and possibly life.

You said "it saved" not it could have saved, hence my post. sorry if I misunderstood you.

[#1Tango]

she actually passed my work haha i live in oxnard :-P

[feloniousmonk]

Is that a common thing to happen around LA and Socal? Do they have pics of the woman, is she hot?

Hight speed pursuits happen all the time all across the country. Ones that happen in LA get more coverage because all of the major networks either have HQs or their second largest establishments here. There are also probably more news choppers here than any other city. Obvious enough?

Also, the OJ Simpson chase (you are probably too young to remember) made high speed pursuits prime-time entertainment. One of the earliest forms of reality tv.

[mightyversa]

There are V's without power locks? Holy crap, where have I been? The dealership where I bought mine had no V's that standard!!

[Knightro2]

Also, the OJ Simpson chase (you are probably too young to remember) made high speed pursuits prime-time entertainment. One of the earliest forms of reality tv.

I wouldn't necesarrily call the OJ chase a "High Speed" pursuit. I don't think they even reached the speed limit in that.

[marleyfan]

There are V's without power locks? Holy crap, where have I been? The dealership where I bought mine had no V's that standard!!

We're talking about AUTO locking doors, not power locks. I don't thing the auto locks were introduced in the V until the 2009 model.

[superskunk]

ive seen so many pursuits in person... one even went by my house.... its so common out here that its not televised all the time, i like when its an open freeway and they lay out the spike strip and and the car loses a couple of tires... those always make for good endings.... but i think the worst crash ive seen on tv was when the police were chasing a car going the wrong way on the freeway...