Cars crash, but chases end in new police pursuit tactic - Rapid City Journal
In auto racing, it's an unsportsmanlike move called a "bump-and-run," in which a driver will intentionally nudge the car ahead, usually in a corner, causing the driver in front to lose control and allow the car behind to make a pass for position. If done right, the driver of a police car approaches a fleeing vehicle in the suspect driver's blind spot, contacting the rear corner of the car with the police car's front bumper. The maneuver indeed seems more like something out of a NASCAR race or Hollywood action movie, but it's very much a precision move, said Lt. Elias Diaz, tactical driving instructor for the Rapid City Police Department. Inspired by the auto racing move, a police department in Fairfax County, Va. first began formal training in the tactic in the early 1990s. The Rapid City Police Department added the training to its tactical driving school in 2012 and first... "It’s not fine motor skills and it's not gross motor skills. It’s right in the middle, where you are having to draw all of your skills together, hand-to-eye coordination, distance judgment, taking all of your driving skills and bearing. Source: rapidcityjournal.com
