When Red Jack's truck starts to pass Detective Tibbs' squad car, the driver's door of the car is undamaged. Moments later, the door is badly dented, before there is any contact between the two vehicles.
During the arrest scene on the drawbridge after the chase the sounds of the handcuffs being applied by Bubba can be heard while the arrestee is clearly shown holding the handcuffs in his hands.
During the chase at the end of the episode: A bar can be seen along the lower length of the passenger side of the truck ~ to protect both vehicles.
The fictional community of Sparta, MS, was located somewhere in northwest Mississippi. The map in Gillespie office is for New Orleans, LA. The show (at least when it started) was filmed in a community outside of New Orleans., some 250 miles away.