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NATION, Page 29American NotesCALIFORNIALow-Speed Chase
Even by the laid-back standards of Southern California, it was
a slow-motion arrest. Just outside Malibu last week, highway
patrol officer Donna Urqidi noticed that a slow-moving 1978
Volkswagen was creating a traffic jam and ordered its driver to
pull off the road. But as Urqidi left her car, the VW took off.
With lights flashing and sirens screaming, Urqidi and two other
patrol cars set off in less than hot pursuit of the escaping
vehicle. And followed. And followed. And followed. Through the San
Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego
counties. For four hours and more than 150 miles, tag teams of
highway patrol cars and a Los Angeles police helicopter tailed the
VW, which never exceeded the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, until driver
Brett Barish finally ran out of gas near San Diego.
Once they ran him down, police charged Barish, 29, with driving
under the influence of alcohol, evading arrest, driving without a
valid license and several other outstanding warrants. Throughout
the marathon pursuit, police never attempted to run him off the
road. Explained a spokesman: "That only works in the movies."