Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase

[nadinbrzezinski]

A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.

The Montana Standard in Butte reports (http://bit.ly/xZW1B4) 55-year-old John C. Hughes pleaded guilty Thursday in City Court to reckless driving while eluding a peace officer.

The chase began in the pre-dawn hours Thursday when officers reported a man followed a patrol car for seven blocks before pulling his SUV around and taking off at speeds of up to 70 mph. Officers say Hughes was traveling faster than 100 mph on the interstate before officers laid out a spike strip to flatten his tires.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/06/national/a092720S88.DTL#ixzz1mIznIhXp

GOOD!

[LAGC]

1. Fucker could have killed someone.

Eluding police at high speeds is a felony here in Idaho, surprised Montana only fines you.

[zappaman]

5. We have 51 states?

Did I miss a new one?
Did Canada become a state or something?
I'm confused...

[zappaman]

12. "The state of confusion"

Well played!

[aptal]

7. Say what?

[Dreamer Tatum]

8. What happened to the other six? nt

[snooper2]

9. Blah Blah, it was in the wee hours of the morning, Guy wanted get it off his bucket list..

Give the dude a break LOL..

He'll pay his fine and the Police can afford to by some new taser batteries or something

[zappaman]

2. Supper dooper crunchy!

[Nevernose]

4. The grown man in me thinks that was damned irresponsible

The 18 year old in me is wondering even now how much has there is in my car.

[izquierdista]

6. What's the difference between cops and dogs?

You can buy a collar to train a dog not to chase cars.

[joeybee12]

10. Good...very irresponsible...

As someone noted, he could have killed someone.

[zappaman]

13. I take it by your self-delete

that you now realize there are not 51 states?
See how not having people on "iggy" can be informative?