About police chases in Britain, they aren't exactly epidemic but there have always been always morons driving wrecklessly and trying to run away from the police, like in every other country I imagine. From what I've seen on footage of police chases, chases in America seem to be a little more "epic" than what they usually show from Britain on these police chase shows. Although on the news yesterday there was some idiot speeding through Dorset at 100mph, that looked pretty hairy, they said it was a miracle he didn't hit anyone. He didn't have a licence, he had previous driving convictions and apparentely he was on drugs but they only gave him 23 months in prison.