Lifted Chevy Tahoe Runs From Police

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We’ve seen some dumb choices for getaway vehicles before, but this lifted Chevy Tahoe might be the worst one yet. The suspect decided to use the top-heavy, unsteady SUV to do a drive-by shooting in Columbus, Ohio, then ran from a swarm of police as they responded to the violence.

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As you can see in the included dashcam footage, the tall profile of the vehicle made it super easy for officers to spot it. Even though the initial 911 caller said it was a Ford SUV, police didn’t struggle to realize it was in fact a Tahoe.

When police first caught up with the guy, he just stopped at a red light with the rest of traffic, giving time for multiple cruisers to amass behind him. Maybe it’s his first time running from cops?

While we think his vehicle choice is weird for a police chase, it’s his personal ride. We guess it would be a great option for going off-roading and getting away from your pursuers. The closest he gets to that is driving over a sidewalk and some grass.

But police in Columbus, Ohio have a policy that they don’t PIT high-centered vehicles like SUVs, except in deadly force situations. We doubt this guy knows that. Instead, they start making preparations to spike those massive tires.

In the meantime, the suspect keeps leaning out the driver’s window, taunting police. He probably thinks they’re powerless to stop his manly ride with a butterfly sticker on the back glass.

The Tahoe isn’t nearly fast enough to outrun the Ford Police Interceptors, which is truly sad. All he’s doing is just burning up gas until something ends the chase.

Police try boxing the SUV in when he stops a couple of times, but those massive tires allow him to just shrug the cruisers off.

After he drives through an elementary school and past a couple of school buses loaded with kids, the gloves come off and an officer hits the Tahoe in a brutally effective T-bone. The extremely top-heavy Chevy flips onto its roof like a dead cockroach.

They guy who just a moment before was taunting police suddenly was crying for help as he was stuck in the overturned SUV. He’s not such a tough guy once his lifted truck trapped him, that’s for sure.

Image via Midwest Safety/YouTube

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