‘Police Pursuits’

* Once again we read about a traffic fatality involving a “police pursuit” (Oct. 15). Why don’t you call it what it really is--evading arrest or vehicular manslaughter. Place the blame where it belongs: on the violator in the fleeing car.

Characterizations such as “police pursuit” indicate that it is the fault of the police that the followed car is violating numerous traffic regulations. The fault belongs only to the driver attempting to evade the police. The brake pedal is there. All he has to do is use it.

KEN SOBEL

Encino