Luring people into suns -- why does it work so much?

[Therin of Andor]

(See also the Jim Rockford maneuver of pulling into a parking lot, letting the pursuing car go past, then turning around and heading in the other direction. Or his trademark Rockford turn -- shift into reverse, drive straight back past the pursuers, then do a 180-degree spin while still moving and end up going forward without slowing down.)

A variation on the Emergency Bat Turn for the 60s TV Batmobile, complete with a support team truck that races out to collect the detached parachute.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Reminds me of the Serenity in Firefly trying to outmaneuver a hostile ship, diving into a canyon, pulling off all kinds of impressive piloting only for the crew to realize their enemy simply followed them above the canyon rim to drop bombs.