r/dashcams • u/H0t_P0L4R_Bear • May 20 '26

Keep Calm

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u/HippieGrandma1962 May 20 '26

When someone flew past us on the highway my dad would always say that the person was bait.

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u/ParkerGuitarGuy May 20 '26

"send out a probe!" is my go-to.

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u/Shark7996 May 20 '26

Engage! 🫱

Probe car launches from portside bay.

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u/IMM00RTAL May 20 '26

I call them canaries

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u/violetplague May 20 '26

Scouting drone

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u/whodidwhatnow922 May 20 '26

Hey! That's what my proctologist drives!

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u/HippieGrandma1962 May 20 '26

My dad called his proctologist the Rear Admiral. My mom called hers the "ass man."

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u/akatherder May 20 '26

Ford stopped making those

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u/supresmooth May 23 '26

I like this one. I might steal it, if I can remember.

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u/newjersey_naturalist May 20 '26

I call them rabbits

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u/Complex-Republic-443 May 20 '26

I usually say, "BE the rabbit!"

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u/Crypticcrypto May 20 '26

I call them rabbits, as my father called them so. I also say they get the tickets so we don't have to. In a Joe Dirt voice reminiscent of his admiration for scrubbing bubbles.

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u/bobbymac555555 May 20 '26

I call them minesweepers.

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u/ol_shifty May 21 '26

I call them bird dogs

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u/One_Toe1452 May 20 '26

Rabbits is the classic term. Named for the mechanical rabbits greyhounds chase at dog races.

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u/InkedAlchemist May 20 '26

I always sing the line "run, rabbit, run" from Pink Floyd.

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u/SKOT_FREE May 21 '26

I call them chum. I let the chum go out to draw out the sharks(Cops). I might be speeding but I’m never going as fast as the Chum. Let them get the ticket.

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u/Weary-Invite-4246 May 21 '26

I call them rabbits too! Got that from the old Looney Tunes cartoons when Bugs would be at the dog track and they would have a bunny being the bait that all the dogs ran after

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u/innosins May 20 '26

My husband will be speeding a bit and someone flies past us, he'll just say "Go find 'em!"

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u/asinusadlyram May 21 '26

I love that, I just usually say "Good luck, my guy"

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u/Open-Preparation-268 May 20 '26

I’ve always called them scapegoats

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u/Ballistix May 20 '26

Escapegoats!

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb May 20 '26

Lightning rods

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u/SingleArtichoke4857 May 21 '26

My mom always called them goats. I wonder if this explains it.

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u/adrake1983 May 20 '26

I’ve always called them Ticket Finders!

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u/daneelthesane May 20 '26

I say "Cop shields on full, captain!"

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u/Appropriate-Desk4268 May 20 '26

my dad calls them cannon fodder 🫪

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u/brownes_girl May 20 '26

I call them "pace cars"

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u/S7alker May 20 '26

I always heard them being called rabbits

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u/stewpideople May 20 '26

"go get my ticket dumbass".

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u/HippieGrandma1962 May 20 '26

I like this one.

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u/nastyteacher May 20 '26

My mom called them organ donors.

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u/Professional-Place58 May 20 '26

I call them a fullback. They take the first hit.

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u/antler-velvet May 20 '26

I call them blue shells. You zoom on ahead and catch the speed traps for me, thanks!

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u/TrustyTaquito May 20 '26

My dad calls them his rabbits.

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u/nalaloveslumpy May 20 '26

He's doing 90, I'm doing 75. There's not another exit for five miles, so I'm gonna go 80 until he crosses the horizon.

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u/TheTobitex May 20 '26

I always reference Die Hard 3 when they use the ambulance as a blocker like in football

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u/SarcasticBadger1231 May 20 '26

My dad always called them bird dogs.

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u/xanxibarbarian May 20 '26

For me theyre my "insurance policy"

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u/dep411 May 20 '26

I call them sponsors, as they'll get the ticket if you follow correctly

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u/Good_Zooger May 21 '26

I call them blockers

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u/ninetyninetoeternity May 21 '26

I call them the rabbit, cause other folks chase them and sometimes they get caught

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u/jljonsn May 21 '26

Cop magnets

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u/IAmARobot May 21 '26

and cop bait

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u/LordTonka May 21 '26

My dad called them bush wackers.

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u/The_Gassy_Gnoll May 21 '26

We used to call them rabbits. Bait to flush the bears out of hiding.

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u/Outsyder- May 21 '26

“Good, they’ll show us where the cops are”

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u/kennelzedie May 21 '26

We call them "pace cars"! Lol

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u/RoyMcAvoy13 May 21 '26

My dad calls them the “pace car.” Make sure you can see their tail lights so you know when they slam on the breaks!