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Disturbing Carjacking Scheme! **Please Take a Moment to Read This**
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: DavidinIndy on January 09, 2009, 02:13:10 am ---It turns out that the very first incident I posted is an urban legend. One of the members here (thank you Chuck!) alerted me to it and pointed me to Snopes. Sure enough, there it was! Which is good I guess, but I feel a bit of a fool now. I'm surprised my neighborhood crime watch would fall for something like this, and apparently the IMPD did too! :-\
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David, please don't feel foolish.
Those "urban legends" are started by people looking for attention, and to fool people.
You posted this in an effort to protect people, and to help. That's not something to feel foolish about.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on January 08, 2009, 08:03:35 am ---For a second I misread IMPD for IMDB and thought huh? What does IMDB have to do with car-jacking? :laugh:
BTW, in Germany people don't lock their cars when driving. In contrast, we're all taught to never lock it when driving, in case you have an accident and are unconscious, help can get to you easier and faster.
I was astonished to learn that in the US some cars lock automatically when you start driving.
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my car does that - you can turn the function off though.
optom3:
David, you should never feel silly for trying to help and advse people.In England, car jackers will deliberately run into the back of your car.The driver of the damaged car immediately gets out to inspect the damage and exchange insurance details.The car jackers move off with your car.
The police advise never to get out of your car, when in an accident, just stay put. Who knows waht craziness will be next, particularly in this economy.
David In Indy:
Aww, thank you Fiona and Chuck. :-*
I was talking about this topic on a different forum yesterday. I pointed out - and they agreed with me - that it really wouldn't take much for some of these urban legends to come true. Just think about it. Lots of people hear these urban legends and it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume some people might actually try some of them. Many of them are simple and probably easy to perpetrate. Sticking a piece of paper on the back window of a car for example, and then waiting until the owner arrives, climbs in the car, notices the paper and gets back out to pull it off. The car owner is probably not paying attention to his or her surroundings and therefore it would be a perfect opportunity to jump him or her and steal the car.
It just seems to me that probably some of these legends will come true sooner or later. Anyway, I've often wondered about it. So, it's probably a good idea to keep our eyes open, notice our surroundings and hopefully nothing bad will happen to any of us. :)
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: optom3 on January 12, 2009, 12:09:53 am ---David, you should never feel silly for trying to help and advse people.In England, car jackers will deliberately run into the back of your car.The driver of the damaged car immediately gets out to inspect the damage and exchange insurance details.The car jackers move off with your car.
The police advise never to get out of your car, when in an accident, just stay put. Who knows waht craziness will be next, particularly in this economy.
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That's why I don't like it when somebody starts tailgating me. That happens a lot around here. They get right up on the tail of the car and it makes me VERY nervous. I've often been tempted to slam on my brakes and let them ram into the back of me just to teach them a lesson. But I haven't done it....yet. I have full coverage. I could always tell the police I saw a squirrel run across the road. No, I doubt I ever would do it, but I often think about it.
I had not heard about that scheme Fiona. Thanks for telling us about it. If it can happen over there, it can happen here too. It's probably just a matter of time. :-\
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