It happens every day. But it isn't something that police want you to know. It is not a statistic they will clearly share. They don't want you thinking it's a good idea for you to try outrun the police in your common sports sedan. (Because it's a bad, risky idea)Though it is not incredibly difficult to do either, if you have the skill and the rubber. But even though it happens plenty, those who escape the police initially, are often found later because their license plate was seen by the officer. Or possibly some other distinct characteristic of the suspect's car led the officer to them. Sometimes, though it is rare to get to that point, the police simply let the car go because the chase is becoming too dangerous. And if they don't have a helicopter available they will lose the car, and have to rely on the information they received during the chase to try to hunt them down. And if they do have a helicopter the cop cars will hang back and let the helicopter track you. In modern times police record your plate while scanning you with a radar gun or you can be caught on the police car's front camera even if the cops didn't catch your plate.But there are still many times they have to rely on their vision to spot your plate, a person's car maybe much too indistinct, and they never were able to get close enough to catch your plate on camera. Or perhaps your plates are found plates or stolen plates from another vehicle. If the suspect car zips away into a place with many turns the police have to guess where you went, and the longer they go without seeing the suspect car the less likely they will ever catch it. If they didn't even catch the plate or the plate is false somehow than 99% of the time there is nothing more the police can do.Police cars are slower than stock, slower than their civillian counterparts. Dodge Charger V6 stock goes u201360 in 6.6 which is not overly impressive by itself, a police version goes u201360 in almost 6.9. Most FWD V6 sedans in the past 10 years will outrun the typical V6 Dodge charger police cruiser, and the extra weight it carries doesn't do it any favours on the turns.A standard police car has extra weight added from equipment, computer, reinforcements, various small upgrades and the divider between the front and rear seats. Uses standard, average tires in stock width. Uprated brakes that do little more than compensate for the extra weight. And last I checked the Chargers were stuck with an aging 5-speed automatic transmission without paddle shifters. It would not be a top performer on a track even if it is a huge improvement over the reliable and admittedly consistent and easy to drive Crown Victoria.The chance of escaping a police car is highest in the first two minutes. Once there are multiple cars looking it becomes much more difficult to escape. If your car has proper, matching plates on it then you are very likely to be caught eventually if any police car is allowed to get close to yours.The most common way a car escapes the police is after the sun has gone down, when the police car sees an infraction or crime from a distance or too much from the side and aren't able to get close enough to catch a plate. They lose sight of the car before any backup arrives. The car that is running is a kinda sporty, but somewhat common vehicle like a V6 accord or Camry for example that do u201360 in a respectable 5.7 seconds or better. Driven by a male, late 20s to early 40s. In a residential or country area outside of the main city. Usually not involving the highway. Or if it does than only for a short distance or time.I believe, that running from the police is a bad idea unless they are shooting at you or something. And the truth is the main reason they don't want you to try to run is that you are likely to endanger people's lives by doing so. That is the reason that dangerous, reckless drivers will have cops call off the chase if they cannot stop you quickly for fear that the car running is going to kill one or more innocent bystanders. And the cops usually will track down the one running eventually anyway so it works out for them.