The PIT maneuver is a method, popular with US police departments, by which one car pursuing another can force the pursued vehicle to abruptly turn sideways to the direction of travel, causing the driver to lose control and stop. The acronym “PIT” stands for either Precision Immobilization Technique, Pursuit Intervention Technique, or Parallel Immobilization Technique, depending on which police department is using it. Other names for the same maneuver are Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI), “tactical ramming,”, “legal intervention” and fishtailing. This method is mostly used to end a car chase more safely.
I’ve only heard it called the “Police Tap”.
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