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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / January 2006New form of Car Jacking
Subject: New form of car jacking - Not a joke Please keep this circulating... You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car, and get inside. Then you start the engine and shift into REVERSE, and you look into the rear view mirror to back out of your parking space and you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car, that is when the car-jackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off! Your engine was running and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car. And guess what ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car... BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to your window later, and be thankful that you read this email.. I hope you will forward this to friends and family... especially to women! A purse contains all of your identification, and you certainly do NOT want someone getting your home address. They already HAVE your keys!  SignatureBILL P. Just Dog & ME >William Boyd <williamboyd@cableone.net> wrote: >Subject: New form of car jacking - Not a joke > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >to women! A purse contains all of your identification, and you certainly >do NOT want someone getting your home address. They already HAVE your keys! Doesn't anybody but me check the Urban Legends page before posting anything that includes "Please keep the circulating" or "Send this to all your friends"? Has anybody ever seen a message that WASN'T a hoax that includes those prompts? http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp SignatureDD >>William Boyd <williamboyd@cableone.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp On very few occasions I have found snopes in error with respect to what you mention. But to assume they are correct on items of individual safety or security, I would rather error in favor of the individual rather than the proclaimed falsehood of an item. If you read their response closely, they do not totally agree that it would not happen. I found errors in their assumptions as well. SignatureBILL P. Just Dog & ME > Doesn't anybody but me check the Urban Legends page before posting > anything that includes "Please keep the circulating" or "Send this [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp Any scenario can happen when it comes to hi-jacking cars, including the one replied to, but I'm like you, that 1 is way down near the bottom of the list. The more likely hi-jack, as for as my wife is concerned, would be when she pops the trunk lid to put purchases in. She would have already noticed the paper on the rear window & removed it by then. But watch for the hijacker hiding in the rear floorboard! ;-) Tom J > > Doesn't anybody but me check the Urban Legends page before posting > > anything that includes "Please keep the circulating" or "Send this [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > it by then. But watch for the hijacker hiding in the rear floorboard! > ;-) Also a glance under the car (especially the truck, it DOES happen) and the vehicle next to yours as you approach your vehicle. Mike D. > Tom J >> it by then. But watch for the hijacker hiding in the rear floorboard! >> ;-) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> Tom J Damn it! Why is it that I was never approached by a potential car-jacker? Would have given me a little time to practice with my S&W Airweight .38 SPL CTG 2 inch Chief's Special off-duty piece. Oh well, maybe next time. Eddie > Damn it! Why is it that I was never approached by a potential > car-jacker? Would have given me a little time to practice with my > S&W Airweight .38 SPL CTG 2 inch Chief's Special off-duty piece. Give 'em HELL, Harry! :) Omaha just had a foiled pawn shop robbery that EASILY qualifies for "Armed Citizen" in the NRA rag. Two bad guys got what they deserved, one permanently. <sigh> JR >>> it by then. But watch for the hijacker hiding in the rear floorboard! >>> ;-) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Oh well, maybe next time. >Eddie Any self-respecting car-jacker would have you drawn and quartered before you could get your pea-shooter out of your panties. Why wait? The chances of ever using a gun for protection are about like winning Mega Millions. Just go out and shoot sombody for practice like a good little red-neck. Freddie 'The more likely hi-jack, as for as my wife is concerned, would be when she pops the trunk lid to put purchases in. She would have already noticed the paper on the rear window & removed it by then.' REPLY: What if she put the groceries in the trunk then got in her car at which time someone walks by and applies the paper to the back window .. before she starts to back out ? > 'The more likely hi-jack, as for as my wife is concerned, would be when > she pops the trunk lid to put purchases in. She would have already [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > at which time someone walks by and applies the paper to the back window > .. before she starts to back out ? This has become much ado about (almost) nothing. This silly (SPECIFIC) thread reminds me of the story that raced around the internet a few years back advising that flashing your HEADLIGHTS would incite an attack from gangs. Common precautions, taken before even approaching your car, reduce the chance of such a carjacking to almost nothing. Also, I can't imagine ANY merchant, or employer for that matter, declining to provide additional security and/or assistance to a parked car, if the person asking has the patience to WAIT for such additional service. When approaching your parked car, be AWARE of your surroundings and have THE KEY TO THE DOOR IN YOUR HAND. Open the car door briskly, enter the car, close the door briskly and LOCK IT. Buckle-up and promptly - but SAFELY - drive away. If, for ANY reason, you don't feel safe while returning to your car, turn around and walk BRISKLY back to where you were safe. Immediately report your concern to the appropriate person. In these post-911 days, the "bar" where such concern becomes "paranoia" has certainly been raised a bit. I'm sure that, just like everything else that's available on-line, there's a plethora of good advice for those concerned about carjacking. Google "carjacking" "personal safety" (with quotes in SAME search) and you'll have enough to read for days. :) JR We now return to our regularly scheduled bickering. Film at 11 >Jim Redelfs <jim.redelfs@redelfs.com> wrote: >This has become much ado about (almost) nothing. > >This silly (SPECIFIC) thread reminds me of the story that raced around the >internet a few years back advising that flashing your HEADLIGHTS would incite >an attack from gangs. Humph. Next you'll tell me that I should stop pulling pull tabs from aluminum cans to buy dialysis time for children. SignatureDD . > Humph. Next you'll tell me that I should stop pulling pull tabs from > aluminum cans to buy dialysis time for children. I wouldn't tell you that, but I will tell you that you can give them twice as much each year if you recycle in the whole can and send them the cash!! Tom J > Humph. Next you'll tell me that I should stop pulling pull tabs from > aluminum cans to buy dialysis time for children. Hehehehe! There's a dying boy in London that's collecting business cards! (Internet Myth #002) [ducking] :) JR > Humph. Next you'll tell me that I should stop pulling pull tabs from > aluminum cans to buy dialysis time for children. Actually, the reason they do accept the tabs only because they couldn't get people to believe that such a program was an urban myth. Rather than alienate well-intended people, a tab recycling program was born. A small check would be far more effective, and less work for them to handle. Let the NKF take care of kids, not pop-tops. SignatureChris Cowles Gainesville, FL (formerly a pediatric dialysis nurse) Webtv's most prolific and annoying anti-sex fundy troll dimwitted dave!!! That's one problem you won't need to worry about that, as your wife left you many years ago when you weren't able to sexually satisfy her Apparently two years without an orgasm was just too much for her POAD >>>REPLY: What if she put the groceries in the trunk then got in her car >>>at which time someone walks by and applies the paper to the back window .. before she starts to back out ?<<< When she saw the paper on the back window she would now someone just put it there so she would make sure her doors were locked and drive away as fast as she could. SignatureJerryD(upstateNY) |
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