There's belief stricter penalties will help against a surge in people fleeing police.
Police data from the Bay Of Plenty shows 883 drivers in the region didn't stop when signalled, from January to October last year.
That figure was 902 for all of 2022 - and 521 for 2021.
Police Association President Chris Cahill says countrywide in the first nine months of last year, drivers kept going 8900 times.
"If you're drunk driving, currently to go to court- you'll get penalised for that, but you won't get anything extra for failing to stop. We say there has to be a mandatory aggravating factor put on top."
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