Funny thing in doing that. One of my Patrol buddies clocked a Busa @ 160 and as soon as he turned the blue lights on the guy pulled over. A quick NCIC check came up clean and he let the guy go with a warning simply because he didn't run.

 

You guys seem to be right.

I'm not sure if you can access this, but this is an article I pulled from my school database, written by the FBI.

In pertinent part, there was some research about why people fled from police. It broke down like this:

32% Were driving a stolen car
27% Had a suspended driver's license
27% wanted to resist arrest (but it doesn't say why)
21% were driving under the influence

Suspects could list more than one reason, so the statistics don't add up to 100%.

Of those that ran:

30% crashed
30% stopped
25% got away

The article doesn't say why these don't add up to 100%.

There's more interesting info if you can access it.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying the officer was wrong; I assume he was following policy. I'm still not convinced that the policy is right, but you guys bring up good points.