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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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* The "swoop and squat" is a common car accident scam that involves one or more cars baiting the victim into crashing into them this way. The additional cars may act as the swoop vehicles that "force" the squatter to slam the brakes, or else box in the victim so they have no means of avoiding the squat vehicle when it brakes. |
* The "swoop and squat" is a common car accident scam that involves one or more cars baiting the victim into crashing into them this way. The additional cars may act as the swoop vehicles that "force" the squatter to slam the brakes, or else box in the victim so they have no means of avoiding the squat vehicle when it brakes. |
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** A variant includes "cutting the other driver off" – pulling directly in front of them with too little distance for them to panic-stop, then abruptly decelerating or locking the brakes on all wheels. This does occur in [[Insurance Fraud]] schemes as a way to stage a collision, usually as a prelude to a spurious injury claim. |
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