Why?

I don't get it...I've been following several crimes here in Abilene and Taylor County, and the one factor that remains the same and yet always confuses me, is why people think they can run away. In the end, they always get caught because of some foolish mistake and in the end, the punishment will always be greater because the criminal ran away!

For example, Dan Lott, an Abilene business man, father, and seemingly good guy...He gets caught with Child Pornography -- Strike 1. But then he snaps and starts to run. Fast forward a month and he gets caught, and now he's a Federal Fugitive for running from the law. Was it worth the life on the run? Was it worth making your life and your family's life a mess?

Another one that makes me laugh is the people who lead police on a chase, and while running start throwing things from their car as if the police following closely behind won't notice. Instead, they end up getting stopped somewhere, arrested, and then the police go back and find the items that were thrown from the car. Now I get the idea that they're panicking, or even they may not be in their right mind, but it makes me laugh to think they can throw it from their vehicle like it never existed.

All I have to ask is, "Why?"