body: A common feature on that old *Dukes of Hazzard* show was the idea that once them good old Duke boys crossed the county line, they'd be safe from the mean old sheriff and his deputy.
  
  
  Under what circumstances, if any, would that actually work? 
  
  
  Answers focusing on 1970s America are welcome, but so are insights into other times and places.
  
  
  
title: Does fleeing across the county line actually work for the Dukes of Hazzard?