XOC,
I understand your point however, in all the chases we see on TV, the suspect wrecks alot more than any of the cops. Some of us can't drive but, alot of us can drive very well. I do 130 for serious incidents on the highway for different reasons and haven't had any accidents. I do it safely and not in heavy traffic. Before someone flames me for that, I work an interstate and would you want to see a cop going 80 when you wife and kid are rolled over in a ditch full of water and snow, bleeding, trapped, etc. How many other people would be comfortable with going that fast for even a short distance?

How do we know he is 15 if he was never caught?

He was caught 15 minutes after the cop crashed his Camaro into the guardrail. His car broke down.

They said that the bmw broke down probably because the camaro with the cam crashed (hence, no more film) and they didn't want to say that he got away.

The thief was actually caught in his home a couple of hours later.