In a high-speed police pursuit, can the driver of the vehicle be held liable for reckless driving under the Highway Traffic Safety Act?

[62 Cal.App.4th 964] The same reasoning applies here. While high speed police pursuits, like parole releases, may result in harm or even death to innocent bystanders, the grant of immunity to those making such decisions does not authorize or immunize deliberate killings. Rather, the statute is the result of a legislative decision to grant immunity when a specific policy on pursuits has been adopted to reduce accidents, while leaving law enforcement free to adopt the appropriate methods for apprehending lawbreakers. Since there is a rational relationship between the legislative policy and the statute, there is no due process violation. (Martinez v. California, supra, 444 U.S. at p. 282, 100 S.Ct. at p. 557, 62 L.Ed.2d at p. 487.)