We have police chases in Britain just like in America and we also show them on police chase TV shows (though I've never seen a big chase being broadcast live like you sometimes get on American TV). Some of our own traffic police TV shows are more like documentaries rather than sheer sensationalist entertainment shows like in America, there is no one like Sheriff John Bunnell in Britain. Some of the chase shows shown on our TV are compilations of chases from America, Britain and other countries, and we still have "The World's Wildest Police Videos" and other US chase shows on our channels.

Although the driving techniques our police use may differ, unlike American police we don't seem to try to ram them or use the PIT manouver. American cops use big bulky Crown Vics with bars on the front, our cars aren't like that, we use Volvos, BMWs and Omegas for pursuit, which are smaller and probably cost more to repair (they don't have that "body on frame" construction). And our police never try to shoot out tyres (to be honest that sounds pretty dangerous, only worth doing in extremely desperate situations).

I've seen any chases happen in Britain that are quite as dramatic as that tank chase or the OJ Simpsons chase or those times people have stolen virtually unstoppable buses.