Mark Brader <msb@sq.com> (04/22/91)
A story printed in the {Toronto Star} on March 2 has just come to my
attention.
It seems that a 25-year-old businessman ("Dave") in the Toronto suburb
of North York was in his bank to make a deposit when three masked
people came in, one carrying a rifle. Dave quickly returned to his
car, where his assistant ("Sanka", 22) was waiting. She called 911 on
the car's cellular phone.
The robbers left the bank (with about $10,000) and drove off before
the police could arrive. Dave gave chase. The story notes that
speeds "topping 100 km/h (60 mph)" were reached on side streets, and
that "At one point, Dave drove through a red light, trying to attract
the attention of a nearby police cruiser." That car and other police
cars soon joined in the chase ("following Sanka's directions" -- so
did he really need to attract attention as stated, or was that really
just to continue the chase?).
After "about six minutes", the pursued car went out of control and
three suspects were arrested. Dave and Sanka were praised by police
for their assistance.
(Discussion of high-speed chases on side streets is not relevant to
TELECOM Digest, of course.)
Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com