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Michael841 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What is this technique called?
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There's a technique used by coppers to stop a car in which they bump into the other vehicle's back in a way that the vehicle spins or simply turns and comes to a halt. I remember hearing some specific term for this technique, dang i can't recall it now!
Here's a video which shows how it works. Despite the initial unsuccessful tries they finally do it:
There's a technique used by coppers to stop a car in which they bump into the other vehicle's back in a way that the vehicle spins or simply turns and comes to a halt. I remember hearing some specific term for this technique, dang i can't recall it now!
Here's a video which shows how it works. Despite the initial unsuccessful tries they finally do it:
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StartFragment> When I first heard this on one of those Most Shocking Police Chases - type programs, I thought the pit stop manoeuvre was derived from the idea that even racing cars have to make stops during a race; and the police were forcing the speedster to 'make a pit stop'. org/wiki/PIT_maneuver
- StartFragment> When I first heard this on one of those Most Shocking Police Chases - type programs, I thought the pit stop manoeuvre was derived from the idea that even racing cars have to make stops during a race; and the police were forcing the speedster to 'make a pit stop'.
- org/wiki/PIT_maneuver
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When I first heard this on one of those Most Shocking Police Chases - type programs, I thought the pit stop manoeuvre was derived from the idea that even racing cars have to make stops during a race; and the police were forcing the speedster to 'make a pit stop'. That was until I then looked it up in Wiki:
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When I first heard this on one of those Most Shocking Police Chases - type programs, I thought the pit stop manoeuvre was derived from the idea that even racing cars have to make stops during a race; and the police were forcing the speedster to 'make a pit stop'. That was until I then looked it up in Wiki:
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Hi,
It's called the PIT maneuver.
Look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pursuit_Intervention_Technique
I'd just say 'they nudged him into spinning out'.
Highly dangerous, but
It's called the PIT maneuver.
Look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pursuit_Intervention_Technique
I'd just say 'they nudged him into spinning out'.
Highly dangerous, but
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