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{{quote|''If I am escaping in a large truck and the hero is pursuing me in a small Italian sports car, I will not wait for the hero to pull up along side of me and try to force him off the road as he attempts to climb aboard. Instead I will slam on the brakes when he's directly behind me. (A rudimentary knowledge of physics can prove quite useful.)|''[
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* ''[[Terminator]] 2''. While driving the SWAT van, the T-800 slams on the brakes to make the pursuing helicopter (piloted by the T-1000) crash into the van.
* ''[[Speed]]'' uses a variation: in order to jump from the car he's driving (which he's in via [[Flashed Badge Hijack]]) into the bus, [[Keanu Reeves]] opens the door, slams on the brakes, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBgl7ps7UQA#t=1m38s lets the bus take the door off.]
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Spelljammer]]'' has a few ships (starting from Neogi Mindspider) with aft ram. Of course, circumstances when it can be used are rather limited, and even then it's more of an extra edge than common tactics. While ramming in pursuit ''is'' useful, it's somewhat underwhelming: ram damage is proportional to the difference in speed. When one can change speed suddenly, it works better than ramming a ship that runs away, but a missing ram attack still exposes one both to possible counter-ramming and to risk of shearing (losing one's rigging). Thus a more common way to deter pursuers is more versatile and repeatable one: use of aft jettisons to deploy debris clouds (overloaded shot instead of the usual anti-personnel scatter shot).
== Web Original ==
* There's an entry in the ''[[Evil Overlord List Cellblock A|Evil Overlord List (Cellblock A)]]'' about this.▼
{{quote|134. If I am driving a large truck and [[The Hero]] is chasing me in a small Italian sports car, I will not let him pull alongside and try to force him off the road. Instead I will slam on the brakes when he's directly behind me. A rudimentary knowledge of physics can be useful.}}▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** In episode 31, Aerrow is chased by Hoerk at one point. He brakes, clipping Hoerk's skimmer with his own and sending him spinning out of control.
** In episode 49, when Finn is on Marge's ship and they're being attacked by Talons, Marge pulls on the brake once the Talons are behind them, causing their skimmers to collide with the much larger airship.
▲* There's an entry in the [[Evil Overlord List]] about this.
▲{{quote|If I am driving a large truck and [[The Hero]] is chasing me in a small Italian sports car, I will not let him pull alongside and try to force him off the road. Instead I will slam on the brakes when he's directly behind me. A rudimentary knowledge of physics can be useful.}}
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