Nicholas Goldberg: Are LA's high-speed, high-adrenaline car chases worth the risks?
On Jan. 31 at about 7:30 p.m., police received a call about a stolen Toyota truck. They quickly located it, but as they approached, the driver gunned the engine and fled, and a pursuit began through the San Fernando Valley.
The Los Angeles Police Department officers chased the pickup at speeds of up to 79 mph. But just a few minutes after it began, at Woodman Avenue and Lanark Street in Panorama City, with the thunderous bang of a collision, a street sign knocked to the ground, detritus scattered across the road — and two entirely innocent men who had nothing to do
