Each suspect's goal is to escape, regardless the crime, regardless current circumstances and so on. If you slow down and wait for them to get closer, it means you are not considering what's your goal, consequently you are breaking a rule that cleary states the opposite of what you are doing.
Rules have been thought, decided and written down after examining each possible scenario which might take place in game, you can't break them just because 'there was nothing to do but getting suspected to entertain people'.
The more it will take you to realize what your mistakes are, the longer your ban period will last.