A driver fled a police check in Völklingen in the Saarland on Wednesday night.
The man did not react to stop signals and finally escaped across the French border, said the police in Saarbrücken on Wednesday.
Before that, officials noticed the car standing in a parking lot with the lights on.
Völklingen - The driver behaved frantically when the patrol car approached and then fled, said a police spokeswoman.
The subsequent chase led according to the information on the highway 163 to the border to France, where the police broke off the chase.
During the escape, the driver endangered other road users.
The police are looking for affected drivers or for witnesses.
dpa