Was he suicidal from the start?

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His actions are not really those of a suicidal person until the very end in my opinion. A suicidal person would not care very much about avoiding cops to reach a goal.

Oh Lord, you gave them eyes but they cannot see...

Here in the United Kingdom recently there was a TV programe called 'The 20 Greatest Car Chase Movies' and they interviewed Barry Newman, (He was sitting on a White Challenger) they asked him why 'Kowalski' commited suicide. His answer was a strange one, He said "He thought he could make it through, and that was the reason for the smile just prior to the impact".
He was very sincer about this and was'nt being tounge in cheek. I thought this was a strange comment because I had allways belived the ending of this movie was as ambiguos as his need to be in San Francisco the next day. it was never explained and left to the audiance to make there own mind up, its one of the films enduring qualities, as most movies spoon feed the audiance with all the answers and dont give there imagination any work to do.

Off subject, hope you dont mind but I've not been on this board before. I saw this film on its first release in the early 70's and it was love at the first sight of that Challenger, I turned to my girlfriend and said "Ive got to have that car" She laughed and with good reason, firstly I had no money and secondly the nearest challenger was thousands of miles across the Atlantic ocean. but in 1982 I got one, 1970 white too. I was in heaven but a sad end to this tale, a little over two years later some proffesional car thieves stole it, removed the engine and crushed the body. the police caught them thats how I learn its fate. I have never had a car before or since that I cherished as much as that Dodge even though it was only a 198.

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