# Running from the cops **URL:** \ **Category:** Driving/Drivers\ **Created:** [June 20, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880 "2026-06-20T16:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/1 "2026-06-20T16:29:21Z")
A Louisiana man drove away from a police stop at 100 mph and ended up swimming away from the cops in a swamp. A local yokel convinced him that the cops were more welcoming. Must be a displaced Florida Man. Go Big Al!! > **[Hero Alligator Attacks Fleeing DWI Suspect, Slowing Him Down For The Arrest -...](https://www.jalopnik.com/2195832/louisiana-alligator-assists-sheriffs-office-catch-dwi-suspect/)** > > After running a Toyota Supra into a concrete barrier, the suspect jumped off the highway, into the swamp, and was promptly attacked by an alligator. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/2 "2026-06-20T19:39:43Z")
Don’t do something where you then have to run. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/3 "2026-06-20T20:33:56Z")
As I get older, the more I can relate to Red Foreman from That 70s Show. 😬😄 ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/4 "2026-06-20T22:26:00Z")
My dad used to tell me, son you might be able to outrun that cop, but you can’t outrun that radio… I guess we need to add alligator to that old saying… 😉🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/5 "2026-06-21T02:13:29Z")
Another thread about intoxicated drivers. > “a terrible way to treat such a legendary car.” Unclear if it was a BMW manufactured Supra, or a previous generation. Legendary? No details about the car in the article. Robert Gift’s road rage thread was removed. I suppose it is up to the moderator to decide if a tread is about automobiles, wildlife or criminal behavior. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/6 "2026-06-21T04:19:59Z")
Yeah, I saw that on CBS and NBC news two weeks ago. Officer Al E Gator is the real deal! ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/7 "2026-06-21T05:37:36Z")
We had one a few years ago that could have involved sharks but only small ones that don’t usually attack humans unless provoked. After 2am when alcohol sales stop till 6am by state law. West bound one way major street ends with a curve around Percival landing at the end of Budd inslet. 1st gen Acura Integra was doing 90+ by the bottom of the hill and the landing. Crashed through a planter and a 4ft railing landing in 30ft of water enough that the license plate was the only part of the car visible through the water at first light liveaboard boaters close by heard.the crash and saw both occupants get our of the car. The city and the port had to use a crane to get the car out of the water. Once they found the suspected driver they confirmed no injuries but it was hours later. From going that route at 5:30am the traffic lights stay green the length of that street Can speculate where they were drinking but that bar was closed down since then for multiple violations and re developed into a tribe run addiction treatment qnd medical complex built closer to the road than the former buildings were. ![Screenshot_20260620_212811_Maps](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/5/7510d64150de02df3232cc7dca91593fcdb441bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/8 "2026-06-21T13:26:08Z")
I’ll insert a Florida Man story… really a Florida Boy story… No DUI, just speeding at double the limit in the middle of the day on one of the busiest roadways in my county. > **[18-year-old driver accused of going 110 mph in a 55 mph zone on Colonial Blvd...](https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/colonial-blvd-fort-myers-driver-arrest-speeding/71629527)** > > Fort Myers police say a red SUV was flying down Colonial Boulevard at 110 mph, more than double the speed limit, before officers stopped the 18-year-old driver. Florida’s new speeding law nabs another ■■■■■■. edit: Really Censor-Bot? … d i m w i t ? Much nicer word than what I wanted to post! ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/9 "2026-06-22T11:33:45Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > My dad used to tell me, son you might be able to outrun that cop, but you can’t outrun that radio… I guess we need to add alligator to that old saying Or if they REALLY want to catch you a helicopter! (Think OJ Simpson). ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/10 "2026-06-22T12:39:46Z")
New technology, which is safer than a Pit Maneuver, is being used in Arizona to stop fleeing vehicles. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/2/423f0c2cc9d86b605d40c6c21a6b1d7def2e8f84.jpeg "Behind the technology helping law enforcement stop cars on the road") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWvpCD9sBo) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-from-the-cops/205880/11 "2026-06-22T20:51:10Z")
Well, yeah but we only had about three cars in town. I remember one time on Halloween we watched the police car come to a quick stop from our perch on top of a hill. Instead of running the four blocks home, we went through the woods around the east side, then down to town. We came home from the west side and split into twos to not be noticed, then singles through the back yards and home. It was about a five mile diversion but worth it. Hard to hike through the woods at night laughing so hard. We all had guns but just for hunting.