A FASCINATING VIDEO from the early 20th century showing early police efforts at catching speeding motorists has remerged 100 years after it was first taken, shedding new light on the dangerous risks taken by officers in the line of duty. The video, taken by the Detroit Police Force in 1918, shows how officers attempted to get to grips with the tide of new automobiles flooding the roads in the first twenty years of the 1900s. In the footage, which features three separate incidents, an officer riding a motorcycle can be seen pursuing a motorcar as it breaks the speed limit. The officer then pulls up alongside the car, level with the driver side door, before jumping from his motorcycle onto the car. He then proceeds to lean through the open window of the car and shut off the engine before holding onto the door as the car comes to a complete stop / mediadrumworld.com