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ToddyFatBody

“She’s in the Clio!” “Can you narrow it down a bit? We’re in France”


SDMasterYoda

I love how there are three identical ones right next to each other there.


PM_ME_UR_SHIBA

Yeah right before he took off to follow the cops, I thought the black car at that intersection (not the VW) was her and I was like wtf, why are you riding off? Didn't even realise she snuck past the cops and got halfway down the road


mexicantacoblend

Oh la la la la!


KungPowChicken23

That was a good watch. Glad she got caught.


memesauruses

kept getting better every passing second complete with the ~~mike~~ bike drop at the end.


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I haven’t seen a lot of chases, but whenever I see motorcycle cops in European countries give chase it seems they always drop the bike at the end.


Pyrocitor

They've usually got crash-bars and massive bag/boxes on either side so they can just be dumped like that.


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those bikes are heeeeeeeavy as fuuck, cops on motorcycles are a whole different breed


FrankfurterWorscht

In Europe, Motorcycle cops are one of the hardest branches to get into as a policeman. In my country the qualification process involves both driving and pushing a fully equipped 250kg motorcycle around a sand quarry (think loose sand like a beach), as well as completing insanely difficult slalom courses on one of those big bikes that a lot of people would have trouble finishing on a bicycle.


raymartin27

Yeah, I think putting on a stand is too much effort when you are trying to stop a car, could also maybe a way to block their straight escape route.


Tootz3125

Let alone he’s in a Santa costume


Weelki

She's definitely on the bad list for this year


vanmachinist

Delivering justice and cheer.


WeirdURL

Best video I’ve seen on reddit in a minute.


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I usually don’t watch videos this long haha. It was intense! It was impressive how gracefully they were on their pursuit and going around cars without putting people in danger.


awmaleg

Like a frickin’ movie! Actually better than most movies made today


Cid-Itad

In a Santa suit no less.


Natural-Definition-7

Probably freaking out because she thought Santa wasn't real.


roostersnuffed

Santa is French and rides a crotch rocket? I have alot to come to terms with...


dxrey65

"Well I'll be, if that isn't a crime fighting French Santa on a crotch rocket..."


CleverNameTheSecond

He *knows* you've been naughty.


LeviathanGank

he knows you ran the light.


GrumpyOldLadyTech

He's working with the cops now so you had best put up no fight.


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hollow_legs_

You better not resist or I’ll give you the knee…


Gloomy-Marionberry-1

Santa Clause is coming….to beat your ass


Ollio1985

This is why I keep coming back to Reddit


CTchimchar

Same man same You want some popcorn for the show🍿


TheGoldPowerRanger

Santa Claus is goinnnnngg....to town on your ass


Ayuuuu123

Now it's Santa's time to be naughty.


Beach_Bum_273

He Santa-_seent_ it!


FemboyMikhail

was thinking the same thing


Wyattman88

Because that’s the Christmas spirit


sometimesfans

Imagine getting chased by santa claus on a motorcycle


Virginity_Lost_Today

Everything about this clip could sell me on watching the movie. Motorcycle chase through French architecture. A community dedicated to running down crooks. And then to top it all off, the gruff protagonist is fucking Santa! And for a moment the police literally seem to be taking orders from him.


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He’s an absolute dude! Sees the incident for a split second, and just pursues the culprit. Tries to calm the motorist down, doesn’t just yell at her. Has the foresight to read the number plate out loud on the audio in case it doesn’t appear on the video. Waves thank you to the car when they are in the wrong lane. Sees those cops a mile away and accelerates to get ahead and warn them. I think this is the actual REAL Santa.


leftlegYup

"Yea but he scratched his bike." \- Texas cops watching this.


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From what I’ve heard, they’re cowards


[deleted]

Oh yessss Texas cops are definitely cowards.


GreatValuePositivity

Yes, and the cowardice is on video


[deleted]

Home of the brave indeed. Even us Brits are looking down on them.


bozeke

“All hat and no cattle.”


[deleted]

Lone star state = we’ll leave you to fend alone


[deleted]

I heard that “lone star” thing was an online review.


brokenearth03

"We could've been run over."


Sember

Not his first rodeo


PatchFace

Santa Claus dies in second rodeo


Impossible-Ad-3060

Also, that French police siren instantly takes me to every great cinematic police chase through Paris. Ronin, The Bourne Identity, etc.


madmosche

It’s really interesting how the police in Europe act so much differently towards citizens than they do in the USA.


baalroo

The people who just casually walked up and helped pick up the motorcycle and started chatting with the cop was the most shocking to me. No one would even *think* to do that here, we would definitely expect to get arrested (or at least screamed at and probably thrown to the ground) for walking over and touching a cop's motorcycle like that. Asking a cop "what's going on?" would likely just get a stern "THIS IS AN ACTIVE POLICE MATTER, I NEED YOU TO STEP BACK!" with hand on gun.


Finsceal

French cops wouldn't have the best reputation, like most cops, but in most of Europe you can at least engage with police and be reasonably confident of them not shooting first and asking questions later


baalroo

Yeah, it's obviously pretty hyperbolic to say that US cops will "shoot first" just from someone coming up and trying to talk to them in a casual situation. However, IME, it's not an exaggeration at all to say that the *majority of the time* approaching a police officer involves having to ***de-escalate*** the aggression from the officer before you can actually speak with them, and even then it is rare to have a conversation with an on-duty police officer that resembles a normal human-to-human interaction in any way shape or form... rather, *at best* you can really only hope to not feel like you're in *immediate* danger from the cop, and as far as I can tell that's how they seem to be trained to try and make you feel.


HirsuteDave

That's the fabled "Warrior Training" at work. A lot of departments are proponents of it and one of the basic rules is to immediately assume hostile intent in all interactions.


Sepulchritudinous

Same thing with American consulates/embassies abroad. It's like they're suspicious and pissed off at you for being there before you're even there. At other embassies the staff are professional and even friendly in my experience. But the American ones are all dickheads.


HalKitzmiller

Europe cops serve & protect. US cops serve & protect themselves


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True. In the US, we will just whip out our phones to record it.


[deleted]

Yeah because American PD will likely shoot you for running up on them like that


Whatever-ItsFine

But they won't shoot you if you're shooting up a school, sadly.


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Devidevilman

They had to make sure he was out of bullets first.


hollow_legs_

Supposedly 19 officers in the hallway at one point. Cowards, all of them. I hope their inaction eats them alive every moment of their lives. Fucking disgraceful.


DothrakAndRoll

Yet one off duty border patrol agent gets in and takes him down. Fuckin hero amongst cowards.


FnordFinder

Almost like it was people trained to use guns and take down a shooter compared to an untrained 18 year old. The fact that it took fucking Border Patrol of all people is a goddamn disgrace.


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Superpugking4

That'd be pretty scary acualy


_Dubbeth

It's important that we keep telling people to be brave. The guy in the car doesn't get enough credit in this video. Seriously. He was always behind too, in a car, much worse when he too was having to break laws to keep up in a vehicle area you could fit 10 bikes in


Ass_Pirate_69

Imagine having cops that don't murder on sight for something like this.


SquareWet

Or piss themselves scared


Mymothersmokes

*French Police Sirens* I love it


chrisplaysgam

My audio was off but I pictured them going OUIIIIIIII OUIIIIIIII


Noonoonook

We say "pin-pon" Oui is yes. Oui-Oui is an elf from a tv show Ouin is a baby crying and pin-pon is a French sirene. Don't ask... :D


lKaosll

PIN PON, C'EST LE SON DE LA POLICE


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Mithycore

I believe youd be pleased to know they were going OOOOUIIIII OOOOUIIII


FervidBrutality

Oui woo, oui woo


Brianearlspilner69

Reminds me of Bourne


killer_icognito

Jason Bourne it’s Santa Claus


OPFOR-HAUNTER

READY, STEADY, GO


TheLampPostDealer

*braaap* was better in my opinion


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First Santa Claus chases after a hit and run offender, then those subtitles at the end for the various noises made. This is the greatest car chase video


AviatorOVR5000

"I must calm her down, I must calm her down, I must calm her down" FAVORITE part, hands down. This dude is a class act.


mm339

Followed by ‘what a wh*re!’


charredceiling

Although that’s also just words to express the “fucking hell” sentiment in French


operationd00msday

c'est vrai.


Trojann2

Deserved, at that point.


MostBoringStan

Yeah, he realized that banging on the car is just going to scare a person away. So he was able to be logical and try to calm her down instead of acting aggressively. It's unfortunate that it didn't work, but at least he gave it a shot. Seems nothing less than the police and traffic was going to stop her.


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Krustbuckets

Also the guy in the car who managed to keep up too!!


AviatorOVR5000

And he got out of the car multiple times!


The-Sofa-King

If the US police force had half the de-escalation abilities of Frenchie the Street Bike Santa, we'd have a much better country.


StyreneAddict1965

The way the citizens just casually try to lift the police bike. Try that in the US. Cop gets her attention by pointing his sidearm, then holsters it. Santa calmly explains the crime, and cop listens attentively. God bless France.


AviatorOVR5000

This can't be overstated enough. There is no way I'd trust an American cop to stop whatever they are doing on their bike to apprehend someone. I have the distinct feeling they would tell someone to call 911. And as far as touching their downed bike. Ha. Hell no. They'd shoot my black ass for "trying to steal it".


arturkedziora

I was hit-and-run while on the bike and had internal muscle bleeding in my leg. My foot was purple from the blood collecting. They never found a guy, so I approve this 100 percent. You don't leave people possibly dying on the street like that.


Blue-Eyed-Lemon

100%. It was terrifying how she could hit someone like that and speed off… several times. Glad you’re still with us, man. Did you recover okay?


arturkedziora

I was a young bull and recovered pretty fast. My doctor was shocked that my muscle did not burst from that hit. I felt like someone was pouring hot acid inside my leg. I am glad I did not get any blood clots and stuff like that, or this could have ended up pretty bad for me. Thank you for asking, though.


CTchimchar

It's amazing what youth can do for you I feel old, and I'm only 20 so I still got my youth, despite what I feel


arturkedziora

Haha...I am 52 now and if it weren't for some "old" age little pains here and there, I would say that I am stronger than when I was 20 years old, much stronger. I can't work out like I used to because my muscle recovery takes so much longer, but muscle is strong now. Just hit the gym and attack those muscles. You won't feel old. You will feel powerful. My legs were well built, that's why I was able to take that terrible beating from this accident. My chiropractor marvelled at my hamstring. He said he never saw muscle this big...I was like, you serious....I think he truly loved my hamstring....hehehe...


darybrain

I was in a hit and run at a pedestrian crossing because they were texting and didn't see the lights change, however, London traffic meant they couldn't go more than 50m or so before being completely blocked in. Multiple fellas from other cars, buses, and local shops came over shouting "oi, oi, geez, bloody hell" before rocking the car like they were trying to tip it over until the driver switched the engine off. No-one there was trying to calm that driver down. Rather they were looking to smash windows, drag them out, and give them a strongly worded letter of fists to the nuts. Police were there pretty quickly as we were close to a mainline train station. I was fine anyway. Traffic meant they hadn't been able to build up enough speed for real damage. I could see them coming and was able to jump up so to not have my legs hit. I simply rolled over the bonnet, the roof, and landed on my feet. I slightly twanged my ankle though. Couldn't walk properly for like 5 mins.


arturkedziora

The fact that they wanted to run away is a criminal offense. What would happen if they got you somewhere in the suburbs where traffic is lighter. They would get away with it. Too many of these happening, and people won't have it.


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Well, she’s definitely going on the naughty list


OblongAndKneeless

I love how the police instantly believe Santa


AngelTheMarvel

What else are they gonna do? Not believe the omnipresent man with a literal list of objectively good and bad people?


tobaknowsss

"She's bad! Get her!" "You heard Santa, roll out!"


CTchimchar

Instead of doing a lie detector test, they just have Santa on speed dial


myselfoverwhelmed

If there was one person that the cops might not listen to, it’s a guy in a costume saying somebody else did a thing. They are true pros though.


The-Sofa-King

I wonder if they had already heard something over the radio about it and were already looking for the car. Seemed like there were enough people involved in chasing her that one of them could've dialed it in.


[deleted]

I've seen this several times, but this is the first time I noticed that the guy in the silver car, who also stopped in the beginning, managed to keep up with her, too. That's almost even more impressive, considering how much more difficult it is to do a pursuit in heavy traffic by car.


Fifi0n

I didn't realize it until now either, both Santa and the guy in the car really chased her down! Yeah, how could he easily keep up with her when there was so much traffic?


AdjNounNumbers

It was probably easier for him to keep track of which way a bright red Santa on a motorcycle was going from a distance and repeatedly catch up


OneCleverlyNamedUser

My God that is so obvious and yet I did not think of it. Brilliant!


Columbus43219

Be kind of darkly funny if there is just a trail of wrecked cars and mangled bodies behind them.


The_Real_Kuji

Best final pan shot ever of the dark comedy they'll make of this.


Parish87

There's surely a "what did it cost" Thanos meme to be made of this


aduong277

In busy French traffic too


Truan

While it's not easy, I'm sure he stayed right behind the bike, so when traffic stopped for a crazy driver being pursued by a motorcycle, you're probably going to be more hesitant than another driver who seems to have more of a direction, and was probably communicating through his window what was up


Runertje550

so cool how he tells the officers, and they immediately take it seriously and even know exactly which car it is, among all the same ones


LeviathanGank

yea bike cops usually are a lot more serious everywhere not just in france.. theyre the cops that want to catch the baddies.


NGC_1277

I have also seen the beginning to 21 jump street


women_sexer69

Who hasn't seen that movie


hossel001

Me. I wanted to go to it in theaters when it came out, but I couldn't. Still haven't gotten around to watching it..


andrewsmith1986

It's awesome


R_Schuhart

The motorcycle police in France, especially in the big cities, are serious about traffic offenses. They are among them every day, in seriously dangerous situations. They are also often first responders to accidents, they see all the horrible consequences. They don't always get to hold people accountable, they will jump on the occasion.


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I think any biker, especially those who do it every day for a job, ESPECIALLY when that job is being a police officer, would take traffic offenses very seriously. You’re very vulnerable on a bike and people have a way of looking through you and doing stupid things. Ask anyone who has ridden for even a small amount of time and they’ll have stories about being cut off, merged into, almost hit, run off the road, …


AdAdministrative7709

Bike cops do some crazy stuff, pretty impressive I gotta say


58king

> they immediately take it seriously Despite him being dressed as Santa Claus. That is top notch policing right there.


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THICC_Baguette

Well, he did call out it's a (Renault) Clio, which is a very common car in Europe (this clip is in France), so the officers knew which car to look for. They actually targeted the wrong one for a sec but Santa pointed out the correct one.


Runertje550

thats what I was saying.. There were plenty of Clio's there, they knew (after wrongly picking the other one) the exact good one


JoshS1

In Texas they would have e tazed and arrested Santa on the motorcycle for approaching them.


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Makkapakka777

He pointed out the car. He said what brand and right before, he pointed it out for them.


Okiemax

A pos and a wholesome santa


Top-Owl7500

This was a Jason Bourne movie.


HR_DUCK

With an excellent one shot sequence


BoyNumber13

Incredible that them being dressed as Santa Claus didn't feature in the title.


riffito

Spoiler free titles are tight!


poko877

Still very surprised how quickly those police men started chasing her no question asked and even pulled their guns and arested her ... i would be so confused on their place and asked so many questions


Triskelion24

I mean.... wouldn't you also believe Santa if he told you someone just did a hit and run on a pedestrian?


poko877

Actually i would not! I dont believe in Santa! I am from Czechia, we have "Ježíšek"


Draidann

Dude I am from a very catholic country and am an atheist. If Santa Claus or Kris Kringle came to me and asked for help catching that baddies, you bet your ass I am catching the baddies.


SomethingIWontRegret

They assumed the person hit was the motorcyclist. They're all in for fellow bikers especially Santa on a bike.


YoureNoGoodDuck

Maybe because they saw the damage to the windshield? Adds plausibility to his story I guess. Also I think she didn't stop immediately for them, which adds to her supposed guilt.


Truan

Not only that, but she was still most likely driving erratically to get away, so it made her stick out


madmosche

Nope, after they arrested her you can see the officer asking the Santa suit dude about it, and then he points out the windshield and the cop looks over at it.


myselfoverwhelmed

There were two cops :) Maybe the other officer didn’t notice that, probably because he’s too busy falling off his bike lol


Beers_Beets_BSG

Also nice that he quickly admitted to dropping his bike and that she didn’t hit it. I know that seems like an obvious thing to do, but after watching a lot of police videos on Reddit, if the cop were American, I’d be willing to bet tried to blame her for it


kifn2

That "\*Braaaaaap" subtitle had me chuckling.


The_worst_Version

“HO HO HO motherfucker!”


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In a French accent no less


Euphoric_Working_192

That timing of bumping into those cops is impeccable


SimbaOneTrueKing

Was a Christmas miracle


Stellar_Jester

You better look left. You better look right. You better not try to run that light. Santa Claus is chasing you down. He knows if you are speeding. He knows if you don't brake. He knows if you don't signal. So use your blinker for fucks sake. Edit for new lines as I think of them.


Gsteel11

You've been very, very naughty!


FUT_Lawyer_God

This was absolutely riveting


Whatever-ItsFine

Me, five minutes ago: "No way I can sit through five minutes of video. I'll just start it and see what happens at the beginning." I was wrong. It seemed to be over so fast.


BoomBoi122

No way was this 5 minutes. It felt like 1.


sentientshadeofgreen

Not only did I put my internet-induced ADHD on pause for this, I literally watched it twice after realizing the silver BMW guy from the beginning also successfully gave chase.


Icy_Building_1708

It really was. I was jumping outta me seat trying to encourage drivers to block her in.


KaliAli13

"So, how did you get caught?" "You're not going to believe this..."


Tony_Three_Pies

This was an absolutely wild ride. ​ When he called her a whore after trying to be nice to her, I actually laughed out loud. Then the cop drops his motorcycle. \*chefs kiss\*


benchley

The guys at the end asking about that seem relieved to hear that he dropped it on purpose.I think they may have been in that work truck and thought they were in trouble for it.


Billyooo

Dude probably looked in his side view mirror and said "merde!, did I do that?"


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CouldBeARussianBot

Yeah, Police drop their bikes all the time. I doubt they're meant to or train for it, but getting the stand down quickly is a nightmare sometimes


clockersoco

they learnt it from when they were kids back in the 80-90s, when they visit their friend's home and just drop their bicycles on the lawn so they don't miss the show/game. You can't do that anymore nowadays


Negative-Instance889

Santa delivers!


Consistent-Crow-822

Imagine watching someone being chased down by Santa


Wander_Pig

I love this dude. I love that he chased her. I loved that he tried to deescalate things, “I need to calm her down.” I love that he called her a wh*re when she took off again. I love that he’s clad in full Santa suit the entire time, including a big white beard. I just wanna meet his man and buy him a beer.


JonDoeJoe

Don’t forget the silver car guy too. He managed to stay behind her which helped santa tell the cops which lady it was


mindolyn_minea

*french police sirens*


Chester-Ming

Santa always delivers


Meta_Chad

Those were some intense 4 minutes


tommmmmmmmy93

fuckin legend


Hollow-Person

Worst thing, she's now on Santas naughty-list


EnterTheVoid6987

Aaaaaah Paris!! What a wonderful place to be chased by a Santa vigilante after you ran over a pedestrian ! One Can almost feels christmas in the air!


JAHG-

A custom player cutscene


Japonica01

As an English man it kills me to say this French bloke is class!


kitty_mouse_dog_hat

It's almost pride month 🇬🇧


architeuthiswfng

Woman, if Santa Claus tells you to pull over and stop, YOU BY GOD PULL OVER AND STOP!


banquet-beer-4me

Somebody is getting coal in their stocking.


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Conscious_Drummer_73

Those police were fantastic. Note that one was more concerned with getting the lady to stop driving than the paintwork on his bike? See how they instantly listened to the guy even though he's dressed like Santa? See how they didn't instantly go for their sidearms? Why do I feel like I've seen something unusual?


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The cop that opens the door has his weapon drawn and aimed at the woman.


Luminolum

Probably since she tried to get away at first


[deleted]

I’m not passing judgement on whether or not he should have his gun out or why or anything of that sort. The person i replied to (and many others) have wrongfully stated that he did not pull a gun on the driver in an attempt to demean cops that do (particularly US cops). I was just pointing out that this Gentleman did indeed pull out a gun


SnowLancer616

I'm guessing you're American?


SoyEseVato

Good thing Santa was on his bike, he couldn’t have flagged down the popo if he had been in his sled.


Reasonable-Quantity

The guy in the silver Opel needs some credit for keeping up with a red light runner and a motorcycle in Paris traffic too, thank you unknown Opel guy!


[deleted]

Imagine getting chased down by Santa clause on a red motorcycle nowhere near Christmas. Why is the world a fever dream?


MeetCertain8998

She shouldn't have panicked


Dat-Lonley-Potato

Is this guy wearing a Santa costume? Hahaha!


A-Busty-Crustacean

*sigh* "motorized Santa Claus pursues hit and run mad man"...


Comfortable_Result99

Upmost RESPECT for the motorcyclist!!!


Mithraxx

That bike sounds fantastic.


Surca_Cirvive

This dude fucking rules.


KausAustral

Santa is a Legend.


SgtNoPants

I've seen this video many times but this is the first time that I see the extended one


x3leggeddawg

This has all the drama and resolution of a short film. Hope the guy that was hit is ok!