So many of the situations are real and close to disaster, but avoided successfully. Only one is real the crash with the white Ford, and actually the scene is included because of the realistic look! Yeah, they paid the damage for the car to the guy.

Yeah at those days the technology wasn’t evolved but that’s not the point, the point is the screen directors didn’t notify the NYPD to control the traffic and warn the bystanders. Actually they didn’t have the right permits for the car chase scenario and they get into the play and expanded on few more blocks.