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VIDEO: Milwaukee recruits learn how to chase -- but not catch -- Tony Kanaan
Milwaukee police recruits have to learn how to pursue a speeding vehicle before they're allowed to keep the streets safe. On this particular training day, on the infield at the Milwaukee Mile, IRL driver Tony Kanaan would be the rabbit they had to chase. Tony had a standard issue Honda Civic Si. The boys and girls in blue had standard issue Fords. We would never recommend engaging in a high-speed chase with police. But it is fun to watch Tony throw the Honda around the cones and corners at un-Civic-like speeds. There are two versions of this video, here and here. The first one is filmed from the Honda, and it looks for all the world like the police can't catch Speedy T. The second one is filmed from the lead police vehicle and the officer talks like he's keeping Tony right where he wants him (to the detriment of a cone or two). Asking whether Tony Kanaan in a Honda could outrun police in Ford Crown Vics is like asking a Superfan if Mike Ditka could win the Indy 500 in da Bears team bus. Follow the links, watch the vids, and as John Facenda used to say in NFL films: you make the call.
Thanks for the tip, Aki!
[Source: WISN]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
jason.lo 6:35PM (5/06/2007)
"we wait for them"
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j-dawg 7:07PM (5/06/2007)
Whatever you were trying to accomplish with that metaphor at the end of your blurb, you failed.
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Will 7:07PM (5/06/2007)
"Aim high, steer low" and "maintain two car lengths"... does he instruct his rookies with only those two lines? After the third time he uttered those lines to me, I'd consider a career change. Rotation? Apex? Grip? Anything else? Yeah, I get it, aim high, steer low. Let me out.
Judging by the number of cones he hit, I think the instructor has nicked a few curbs, flattened some stop signs, and spun his cruiser during his carrer as a uniformed cop. Hand shuffling the wheel? Come on, even the greenest newb out there knows this is a poor method of car control...
Also, in every review I've read about the new Civic Si, there was mention of it holding RPM's during upshifts, but wow... Actually hearing it makes me cringe. That's awful, and it takes my respect down a notch for this economy pocket rocket.
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zach 7:23PM (5/06/2007)
aim high, steer low!
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MikeW 10:11AM (5/07/2007)
Pull the fuse, under the dash, to disable the obnoxious DRLs.
Get some Bilsteins for those trucks. (yes the crown vic is a truck-body on frame, non independent rear suspension)
Tell that instructor to can the doublespeak.
Let Tony play the Cat in the Crown Vic, next time. (if any of the cops know how to drive stick and are willing to be the mouse)
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Matt 7:38PM (5/06/2007)
Ah, this video reminds me why I don't settle for four-bangers, especially from Japan. :)
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JGuan 7:50PM (5/06/2007)
Aim high, steer low! Two car lengths? Gain Distance?
Gain distance is to become farther away, not to be closer! That was not even close to two car lengths. They obviously can't drive. I'll be sure to speed if I ever drive through Milwaukee.
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Pat 8:16PM (5/06/2007)
I don't think you guys realize this but cops are never the best drivers. They don't have to be, they mostly rely on the radio when involved in a high speed pursuit.
On another note, they guy doesn't go that far into describing the proper technique for taking corners and hitting the apex because all they need to do is learn to take corners safely and relativly quick. It isn't like the MPD can hire a proper driving coach, they are broke and just barley hanging in as is.
JGuan, I wouldn't recommend driving fast in milwaukee other than on the freeway, the roads around here suck.
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Poe 9:44PM (5/06/2007)
Don't most (all?) manual transmission cars hold revs between shifts now for emissions reasons? I hate it too. That little Civic engine sounds great at full boil though!
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Guenther 9:20PM (5/06/2007)
By the 12th or 13th "aim high, steer low..." nonsense I wanted to throttle the guy. And to just go on pretending nothing happened when he killed a herd of innocent cones... what a sad, sad, joke.
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Tyler 10:36PM (5/06/2007)
Fast and Danger! I am willing to bet that officer "gain distance" could lose a race to a Kia. Sure, not everyone can be Ayrton Senna, but shouldn't police officers at least know how to get out of their own way?
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bob 11:37PM (5/06/2007)
At least they used a great get away car. The Honda CIVIC SI rocks with excellent handling. Had they used a POS american car, the cops would have lapped it in the corner after the POS American car lost traction and skidded out.
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jj 1:32AM (5/07/2007)
"Asking whether Tony Kanaan in a Honda could outrun police in Ford Crown Vics is like asking a Superfan if Mike Ditka could win the Indy 500 in da Bears team bus. Follow the links, watch the vids, and as John Facenda used to say in NFL films: you make the call."
You are a terrible writer.
That is all.
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zaarin 3:01AM (5/07/2007)
Most cars now are going throttle by wire, which is designed intentionally as a damper to input from the driver. It's partially for emissions reasons and partially so the computer can have more control of your car for other reasons, including electronic/adaptive cruise control, smoother throttle application for comfort, etc. Heavy flywheels also cause cars to hold revs, and I wouldn't expect a Civic to have an expensive, lightweight flywheel. Some cars hold revs worse than others, I guess Civic is a good example.
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Ryan 2:56AM (5/07/2007)
haha, this video makes me sick. i was going to watch it again and count how many cones the guy hits, but the camera guy couldn't seem to keep the camera on the road. i dont know whether thats a cover up for all those cones, or if he couldnt hold on cause the driver didnt know how to steer a car.
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Ryan 2:58AM (5/07/2007)
haha, this video makes me sick. i was going to watch it again and count how many cones the guy hits, but the camera guy couldn't seem to keep the camera on the road. i dont know whether thats a cover up for all those cones, or if he couldnt hold on cause the driver didnt know how to steer a car.
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Ryan 2:59AM (5/07/2007)
haha, this video makes me sick. i was going to watch it again and count how many cones the guy hits, but the camera guy couldn't seem to keep the camera on the road. i dont know whether thats a cover up for all those cones, or if he couldnt hold on cause the driver didnt know how to steer a car.
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J B 4:23AM (5/07/2007)
@ #2.
You need to kick back and watch some SNL in the farley days. There were a few skits with some superfans of the bears talking about football. I can clearly recall the superfans all accepting the outcome of mike ditka solely playing against the new york giants. they all agreed upon ditka winning the game by himself with a touchdown or two to spare. it is great stuff.
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J B 4:25AM (5/07/2007)
Oh and I forgot to add one last thing. Usually when being chased by the cops people tend to lose all ability to keep cool and not drive like a drunken lunatic. Note to criminals: There is a way to drive fast and not roll your car 5 times because you sloppily entered a corner.
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David 10:20AM (5/07/2007)
Motor Trend did an article about running from the cops in their magazine a month or two ago. They found that even a Miata was enough to well out drive any of the major 3 pursuit cars (crown vic, impala, & charger) on surface roads.
On a related note - I'm not convinced Tony was really trying that hard.
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