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I call this the "pace car" when driving. You can do anything the pace car does because he'll get caught first - he sets the pace. Uber is the pace car and the

by jbob2000 9y ago

I call this the "pace car" when driving. You can do anything the pace car does because he'll get caught first - he sets the pace. Uber is the pace car and the police pulled him over, Lyft saw this and applied their brakes.

mojomark 9y ago
I've always heard it called a 'rabbit' [1], but I like 'sacrifficial jerk' and will probably use that from now on. 1. http://radartest.com/Top-5-Tips.asp http://radartest.com/Top-5-Tips.asp
- WaxProlix 9y ago
  We always called this guy the 'red herring', to throw off cops.
  - dzhiurgis 9y ago
    We call it a horse in Lithuanian, because it's always in front of the carriage. And no, we don't use horses anymore.
  - mitchty 9y ago
    We called them designated decoys where I grew up.
- libria 9y ago
  We call this guy "lightning rod". Interesting how we've all identified this actor with different but essentially synonymous terms.
- pstuart 9y ago
  My term for this is "minesweeper"
nickpsecurity 9y ago
One thing to remember is many cops will grab the car nearest to them instead. It happened to me when I was matching pace of traffic while speedometer went out. I was in the back. Cop pulled me over instead of the speeding leader.
- duck 9y ago
  Exactly... or they can direct you to pull off the road and then get the others and you just have to wait there.