# Ok, so is the show 'getaway' fake or what?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-is-the-show-getaway-fake-or-what/56522 "2001-03-02T17:14:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-is-the-show-getaway-fake-or-what/56522/1 "2001-03-02T17:14:48Z")

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Was channel surfing last friday and watched a show called ‘getaway’ on UPN. According to the show a number of stuntmen have to outrun cops to get to a goal. The cops can do anything they want to stop them including ramming, crashing etc.

On the show they claim the chases are real and not staged/fake.

What makes me suspicious is that when they showed the interior of the cars there were no rollcages. Not even 5 point harnesses, just your basic seatbelt. Hmmm…

At one point one of the runners crashes into 2 parked cop cars doing 50-60 mph turning his car into trash. Quick cut and he’s running from the wreck without a scratch. Double-hmmmm.

Anyone have the scoop on this? Are stuntmen just Uber-menschen or what?

Markus

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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-is-the-show-getaway-fake-or-what/56522/2 "2001-03-02T17:34:07Z")

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I think it’s totally scripted. In the episode I caught, it seemed to go too perfect for the “stuntmen” to win. one of them caught a cop car from under the cops noses, etc.