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=== History === The use of automobiles to evade law enforcement has existed for about as long as the automobile itself; newspaper reports of police chases involving automobiles and motorcycles date back to the 1900s and 1910s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=L.A. has been enthralled by car chases for about as long as we've had cars on roads |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-08/l-a-has-been-enthralled-by-car-chases-for-about-as-long-as-weve-had-cars-on-roads |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=archives |first=the Post-Dispatch |date=2022-08-18 |title=1906: Skidoodling along during the first high-speed police chase in Forest Park |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/1906-skidoodling-along-during-the-first-high-speed-police-chase-in-forest-park/article_22d07e2e-e0fc-11ea-b13d-ff337a1531d2.html |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref> During [[Prohibition in the United States]], bootleggers and [[moonshine]] runners often engaged in high-speed chases with police. This led to rise of car modifications intended to outrun the law and auto-racing exhibitions between runners which helped form the sport of [[stock car racing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa's Prohibition Years, 1920-1933 {{!}} Iowa PBS |url=http://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/2586/iowas-prohibition-years-1920-1933 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.iowapbs.org |language=en}}</ref> As police forces became more accustomed to chases, they began to adopt police protocol, techniques, and technologies intended to help pursuits more quickly and safely, such as the PIT maneuver in the 1980s and spike strips in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMahon |first=Gregory R. |date=September 1, 2012 |title=Bulletin Alert Deployment of Spike Strips |url=https://leb.fbi.gov/bulletin-highlights/additional-highlights/bulletin-alert-deployment-of-spike-strips |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=leb.fbi.gov |publisher=FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN}}</ref> Since the 2010s, as the dangers of car chases become apparent, police have tested various alternative methods of tracking fleeing suspects without continuing to pursue them such as [[StarChase]]'s [[GPS]] [[Tracking system|trackers]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=A dart-like device may help Minnesota police prevent dangerous car chases |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-police-starchase-dart-device-car-chases/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref> or the Grappler [[bullbar]] with a tire-catching net.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Grappler: What you need to know about a technology being used to end police pursuits |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/grappler-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-technology-that-is-being-used-to-stop-police-pursuits |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=FOX 10 Phoenix |language=en-US}}</ref> Alternatively, some strategies have centered around simply not pursuing suspect vehicles and instead relying on using [[vehicle registration]] to identify the suspect and apprehend them later, though this is ineffective with stolen vehicles.
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