Diesel Super Truck Driver Fails to Outrun Police

 SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T WIN DEPT.

The Drive is a rewarding site for followers of all categories of motorized distraction, from motorsports and motorcycles to collector cars and reviews on the latest releases from Detroit and elsewhere. There are also stories for the diesel crowd as well as interesting news items. This blog post is a blend of these latter two topics... diesels and news.

It's a story about a Ford Super Duty 6x6 SEMA Truck that tried to outrun police. After first trying to outrun the police, the driver soon discovered that the vehicle, purportedly built by the Diesel Brothers, had certain limitations. I should men here that it was a stolen Super Duty.

According to Peter Holderith, "After eluding capture for a few miles, the driver in the Ford Super Duty soon found that, as well as not being very fast, the six-wheeled monstrosity didn't corner very well either." While trying to turn around in a Taco Bell parking lot the truck had a dicy encounter with a telephone pole. 

The truck had been reported stolen from a dealership service bay in Malibu. According to a CBS news story the thief rode up to the truck on a bicycle, which he threw in the back, climbed into the driver's seat and sped off. 

It wasn't long before the police were in pursuit. It's not easy to "blend in with the traffic" when you're driving something like this. It's visual profile really does stand out. 

You can read the full story here at The Drive, where you will also find a video of the police chase in real time. Not quite the getaway this driver anticipated, no doubt.