I think the banning of high-speed chases would increase the number of high-speed chases. If a criminal knows that all he must do to get away is try to outrun the cops, he will try to outrun the cops. That sort of environment would put us all in more danger, not less. I'm fine with a policy of no chases, but to ban them altogether? I think that would embolden criminals. In the same exact way I think that prohibiting conceal and carry would embolden them.
It was obvious from the footage that this person was a serial offender; he knew what he was doing. If it wasn't for the televised footage, the cops would have lost him several times. The media isn't a moral establishment. It may be morally wrong to televise some things, but it would be hard for me to stomach laws that prohibited the filming, reporting and televising things like this. The whole slippery slope, unintended consequences thing.
Also, because of the footage, and live feed, I was able to call my wife, who was on the 405 when the chase was taking place and warn her about what was happening a couple of miles north of her location... where she was heading.
Just my opinion,
~Icarus