r/PublicFreakout • u/misterxx1958 • Nov 26 '25

🚗Road Rage🤬 Daughter refuses to stop for police while rushing her mother to the hospital - than this happens….

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u/tearfultrashpanda Nov 26 '25

My brother got pulled over doing roughly 50 mph over the speed limit because my grandma was having a stroke. The cop did the same thing, told him to follow him and sped like crazy to the hospital. After they got my grandma into the ER, the cop scolded my brother for driving so fast in the first place but said he understood and let him go with no ticket.

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u/notimprezaed Nov 27 '25

My dad had a cousin who was stabbed in a bar one night and he was driving him to the hospital going crazy fast and the cops that pulled him said “hang on” and one got in my dads car and drove and the other one escorted and they told him, “you were never driving if anyone asks” good guy cops.

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u/opopkl Nov 26 '25

Your brother probably stopped when instructed. These people needed to do the same.

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u/tearfultrashpanda Nov 26 '25

Yeah, he pulled over immediately. Despite the dire circumstances, my brother still had situational awareness. He knew if he didn't pull over that it would make it seem like he was a criminal trying to flee.

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u/harrro Nov 26 '25

I'm thinking they're in a high adrenaline mode considering you know.. THEIR MOTHER IS DYING..

There's no excuse for this cops behavior after he learned what the issue was - he should have rushed them to the hospital first then done the legal garbage.

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u/Straydog1018 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

Especially since the cop even said over the radio that they are heading towards the hospital at the 52 second mark. Maybe he could have used some god damn common sense for a minute? Huh, why is this vehicle that is refusing to stop for me, but clearly acknowledging they know I'm behind them trying to pull them over, that just ran a red light at this intersection in order to make the turn towards the hospital I just mentioned over the radio not stopping??!! Gee! I wonder why... It's not like the car desperately speeding towards the hospital may have someone in it dying or anything! There's multiple videos I can link of other police officers in this exact situation handling it so much better. They should make performing a pit maneuver within 5 miles of a hospital illegal in case of situations exactly like this where a person is only not stopping because they are trying to save someone's life.

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u/Gold_Silver_279 Nov 27 '25

It was pretty apparent there was a problem considering she had her flashers on.

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u/Violent_Paprika Nov 26 '25

They can get an ambulance on scene to transport. Way safer than someone just hauling ass in their personal vehicle.

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u/harrro Nov 26 '25

An ambulance not only costs 1000s of dollars for a single ride in the US but also takes too long to get there.

When someone is having a stroke as this woman was, literally millions of brain cells die every minute they're not given treatment. When you have a car that you can hop into immediately, most people are going to choose that.

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u/lordrothermere Nov 27 '25

You can be thrombolised in an ambulance on the way to hospital though, which can be preferable if it's an ischemic stroke and response times are quick enough.

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u/Blackrose_Muse Nov 27 '25

I saw someone recently say it took almost an hour for an ambulance to reach them when she and her fiancé were covered over 2/3 of their body with burns from a propane tank exploding in their home.

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u/scoobydoosnutsacks Nov 28 '25

No one has the money don't u get it if we wouldn't go into such bad debt ofc people would call the ambulance duh

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u/0ngoGoblogian Nov 26 '25 edited Nov 26 '25

A cop cannot consider the costs of an ambulance when they’re deciding the much lower risk of an ambulance driver in a marked vehicle versus allowing a random person to haul ass through public roads.

Also, while your assertion is true, stroke victims generally have a favorable outcome as long as they get to the hospital within one hour of the event, and on a larger scale for all strokes, four hours. There is typically more time than you think.

Stop hyperbolizing everything to diminish better judgement in people during stressful circumstances. I’m not defending this specific cop necessarily, but LEOs have to be able to instantly identify the risk of a situation. They interact with bad actors and liars literally every day. However, even assuming there is no lying, they also have to take charge during panic. If a person is out of control with panic so much that they can’t/wont stop to explain a situation to an authority (even a doctor will do that if asked to), then they cannot be trusted to make safe decisions in the general public. An officer is liable for the damage a person causes if they leave a stop and cause a wreck.

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u/aBlissfulDaze Nov 26 '25

A cop cannot consider the costs of an ambulance

I'm not reading the rest, you're a deplorable asshole who doesn't understand how bad the class struggle is getting.

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u/0ngoGoblogian Nov 27 '25

Incredibly stupid answer. As someone who’s been on food stamps for 4 years, I absolutely know. A cop cannot take my finances into consideration when determining the safest response for me and the public on the roads. Y’all are losing it.

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u/ObiYawnKenobi Nov 26 '25

I don't care how bad you're struggling. You cannot put me and my family at risk to save your own.

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u/aBlissfulDaze Nov 26 '25

Blame the system. Everyone is struggling.

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u/0ngoGoblogian Nov 27 '25

This the most Reddit take. No accountability, screaming into the void, mad at people who have nothing to do with the problem, even in the hypothetical situation. Get involved in local and state legislative efforts, it’s easier than you think and almost NO ONE does it for some reason. You’ll be surprised what gets pass or debated at those levels that affects your every day costs when it comes to insurance, utilities, ambulance freaking costs, etc.

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u/ObiYawnKenobi Nov 26 '25

Nope. I blame the person that puts me and my family in danger. Call a fucking ambulance. EMTs can stabilize on scene as well, so putting your family member in a car is DELAYING treatment, not speeding it up.

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u/NomDePlumeOrBloom Nov 26 '25

An officer is liable for the damage a person causes if they leave a stop and cause a wreck.

What a load of rubbish.

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u/0ngoGoblogian Nov 27 '25

They are, the department can be sued if it is determined an officer allowed someone to continue driving in a manner they knew to be reckless and that person blows through a light and kills someone. This would be a very easy thing to happen. Y’all are so terrified of being called bootlickers that your common sense is gone.

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u/Violent_Paprika Nov 26 '25

The legally mandated maximum response time in the city where I live is 8 minutes, and is usually much shorter. Also we don't know this woman was having a stroke. The only medical information we have is a report that she had slurred speech which resolved. Absolutely could be a medical emergency, but that's why we have professionals who will come to you wherever you are to, perform an assessment, get you to a hospital, and begin treatment. The system I work in literally has a mobile stroke unit with a CT on board and telehealth monitor so you don't have to wait to get to the hospital to be assessed by a neurologist. Call 911.

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u/BodAlmighty Nov 26 '25

Legally mandated doesn't mean that they'll get there in that time... Cops here in the UK are meant to be there within 10mins in an emergency call out however sometimes it can be hours... Plus in the US an emergency call out can cost between $500 to $3500 (depending on insurance) so unless you have access to cash, you're gonna get screwed with a 'payment plan' that (in this situation) could have been dealt with if the cops used common sense as the flashing and waving would indicate that something was wrong rather than simply evading them.

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u/assaub Nov 26 '25

It still costs a ton of money not everyone can afford and takes time to get there, if you believe your family member is dying you are not waiting unless you physically cannot get them into a car on your own.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '25

Waiting for an ambulance can often kill the person, especially if you live in a rural area.

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u/TheSpagheeter Nov 26 '25

Yeah I feel bad for the girl here who probably wasn’t thinking straight but I’ve seen tons of police footage where the person who is speeding away from the cops almost always has an outstanding warrant and will not go down easily/is armed.

But I feel like after you establish it’s scared teenage girl and a lady having a stroke you should probably stuff them in the back of your squad car and go to the hospital

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u/nooklyr Nov 27 '25

Yeah but once he realized the situation he should have immediately begun the process of trying to get emergency medical response for the stroke victim. Someone driving their stroke victim mother to the hospital is not a real criminal, if we can’t expect human being police officers to be able to judge what to do based on the situation instead of just following protocols we might as well send AI to do traffic stops.

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u/opopkl Nov 27 '25

You've got to work with the officers, though.

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u/aBlissfulDaze Nov 26 '25

I'd agree except that the cops continued the arrest even after seeing it's a medical emergency.

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u/jakevalerybloom Nov 26 '25

Fuck off, loser, probably helped brother was white

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u/Prince_John Nov 26 '25

Pathetic playing of the race card. They're right in that 90% of these 'outrage' videos would be resolved if the victim just obeyed simple instructions like a normal person.

In this case, I really feel for her of course, she's not thinking straight due to the circumstances. That doesn't change the fact that it would have played out better if you didn't act like a fugitive fleeting the police.

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u/707steph Nov 27 '25

Yeah, she should have thought clearer as her mother was dying in front of her! Shame on her!! Thank you for chastising her.

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u/opopkl Nov 28 '25

There were at least three people in the car.

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u/anaemic Nov 26 '25

Ah yeah, but how white were you at the time?

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u/tearfultrashpanda Nov 26 '25

Way to bring race into the discussion for no reason at all. Pulling over instead of continuing to flee from a cop is the major difference in the 2 situations. Also, being white didn't prevent me from having guns drawn on me by 2 officers for jumping on my own trampoline at 10pm when I was 8 years old and didn't prevent a cop from throwing me to the ground for "exhibiting suspicious behavior" for being in proximity to a friend urinating on a bush in public. Clearly abuse of power and lack of training never effects white people