Gunter said there was no indication that Nixt had been under the influence of drugs or alcohol, though she was not given a breath test. Queried as to how Nixt got so far without being stopped, Femling said few officers patrol on Sunday. He said his department maintains a set of road spikes at the U.S. Highway 20 junction, but that no officers were able to get there before Nixt did. All the officers interviewed said it is their departments' policy to back off on high-speed chases when the pursued vehicle enters a populated area. Creviston said the spikes used by police agencies put small holes in the tires of a vehicle that drives over them, causing them to deflate slowly.
Most people tend to stop.
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