Car Chases & the City of Angels...

WEE-OH-WEE-OH-WEE, WEE-OH-WEE-OH-WEE...

Okay, okay...that is a line in the song, "Mrs. Officer", by Lil' Wayne, but it also seems as though you cannot escape the noise that precedes a high speed car chase in Los Angeles.

Maybe I don't have the right mindset, or perhaps I just flat-out don't understand...but I can't seem to figure out why people who speed off with the 5-0s in hot pursuit would rather go to jail than pay the one month in child support they owe (or whatever the "injustice" happens to be). I personally believe it's because they know they'll probably be broadcast on all of the local news channels (if they go fast enough, and be just reckless enough) and end up with their 15 (or 60) minutes of fame. In this example (http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_10954131), the pursuee probably figured, "Heck, I already stole the car, might as well get on TV!"

I guess, as the old joke goes, to some, having their own "room" to sleep in and three square meals a day is better than their existing reality...