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NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/23/2006 11:53:05 AM   
Mercnbeth


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CHP - Public Service Announcement

Here is the scenerio...
You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You lock your doors, start the engine and shift into reverse. You look into the rear-view mirror to back out of your parking space and notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window.

You shift into park, unlock your doors, get out of the car and walk to the rear to remove the paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car, 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.

Guess what ladies and gents? I'll bet your purse and/or other valuables were still in the car!

This is a new car-jack scheme that is now being used...very successfully.

What to do: Just drive away and remove the object that's stuck to your window later.
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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/23/2006 2:31:42 PM   
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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/23/2006 2:44:42 PM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		That's a well-known hoax, Merc.

Read this:

http://www.rcsd.net/hoax.htm

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/23/2006 3:03:31 PM   
Yang4yin


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http://www.sextoysex.com/sex/start/view.html?a=sextoytalk&pnum=DJ0607-01 

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/23/2006 3:09:59 PM   
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Thanks Mercnbeth!!! - 8/23/2006 10:57:35 PM   
Royalton


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RE: Thanks Mercnbeth!!! - 8/24/2006 6:33:39 AM   
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Made 500 buxs last night!


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RE: Thanks Mercnbeth!!! - 8/24/2006 2:06:53 PM   
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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/25/2006 12:04:35 PM   
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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

even if it is a hoax, one should never get out of their car with the keys in the ignition, even for a second


Quite true. There was a stolen car incident not far from here where a lady got out of the car and went into a mini-mart. She left her keys in the car and it was running. Why not just put a sign on the car that reads "STEAL ME?" Well, someone took the car and dragged it around town and finally ended up totally wrecking the car and several other cars, parking meters, concrete steps and a no parking sign.

There are lessons to be learned from others mistakes. We would do well to listen. If I have to get out of my car, even for just dropping off my trash at the dumpster, I always park and turn off the car and take the keys. It is a good habit to get into.

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/25/2006 12:05:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

even if it is a hoax, one should never get out of their car with the keys in the ignition, even for a second


Even for a second?
Estring

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/25/2006 2:43:38 PM   
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Even for a second?
Estring


Not even for a second. If you're ever wondering about this, time yourself...Start out at a dead run and see how long it takes you to cross a street. It takes no time at all. Imagine that street at night with you trying to open your car door, get in, seatbelt on, car started and shifted into gear, with someone racing toward you at a dead run. That scenario is a common one for folks being car-jacked.

As far as this story goes, it may  be a hoax, but just this week, a nurse from a nearby hospital got out of her car, left it running, and went in to a Senior Citizens home to use the bathroom - in a not very nice part of town to boot. Her car was stolen. In the car was a laptop computer from the hospital where she works. It held the names and personal information of nearly 29,000 people receiving home health care. On the back of the computer was ever so helpfully taped the user code and password.

I was the victim of a car-jacking last spring, and let me tell you, it only takes a few seconds to race across a parking lot and jump into a car. Add shock and fear to the equation, and to a car-jacker, that's all the time in the world. So yes, you shouldn't get out of your car with it running - not even for a second.

When I was car-jacked, I was paying my phone bill. I was at a kiosk. Didn't even have to wait for a person to help me. I looked at the time on my cell phone as I was walking into the place. I looked at my cell phone for the time as I walked out. It took exactly 2 minutes. My car was locked. I was parked right next to the door in a well-lit parking lot in a nice area of town.

When I walked up to my car, unlocked the door and opened it to get in, someone was already in my seat. In two minutes, he'd broken into my car, crawled over the center console, busted the ignition out and gotten the car started. Another 2-3 seconds of me standing there in shock was all it took for him to back out of the parking place and roar down the road.

The police said I was lucky. Based on my description, these guys were pros and are usually armed.

I was shook. My Master was angry because when we were talking on the phone just a moment before I walked into the store, he'd had a bad feeling about me going in there and didn't relate it to me. I just thanked God I wasn't hurt.

Two days later, someone else I know was car-jacked as she was visiting clients at home. In this situation, they pulled a gun on her. She is used to working with people who are less than reputable. She said she knew from the look in their eyes that pulling the trigger was something they were very willing to do.

A car-jacking can happen in the blink of an eye...Don't set yourself up to be a victim.

Two of the most dangerous spots for potential car-jackings are ATM machines at night - even if well lit, and gas stations. So, lock your doors even if you're just there pumping gas. Never ever leave your car running - even if you think nothing ever happens where you are. You don't need to be the first one. And the thing is...if it never happened before, there's always going to end up being a first time.

Oh yea.. they never did find my car.

juliet

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/25/2006 4:57:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Last night, as I was leaving to go to a gig, I realized I had left my cell phone in the house. I got out and went in to the house and got my cell phone. I returned to the car and saw my keys in the ignition. I started the car and went to the gig. Boy was I lucky.

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/25/2006 9:21:18 PM   
SilverWulf


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Status: offline 		I am amazed there are not more stolen cars where I live.  Ok, not more... none stolen at all.

In the dead of winter, the temperature ranges from 20 to 40 below zero for weeks at a time.  The parking lots of the store, convenience store, post office, etc... will be full of cars and pickups, all running, none locked.

Then again, in the summer very few people remove the ignition keys from their cars when parked at home, work, or a store.  I don't remember the last time I locked the house.  I am not even sure I have a key that fits the door locks on My pickup (it is an older model with different ignition and door keys).

There are advantages to living in a very rural area

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/26/2006 1:17:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Estring

Last night, as I was leaving to go to a gig, I realized I had left my cell phone in the house. I got out and went in to the house and got my cell phone. I returned to the car and saw my keys in the ignition. I started the car and went to the gig. Boy was I lucky.


I'm sure my supervisor at work would more than agree with you. You are lucky! She was warming up her car in the middle of winter. She left it running in her driveway while she was in the house finishing up her morning cup of coffee before leaving for work. She came outside to discover her car had been stolen. The stories of people having their cars stolen or carjacked while they were at a gas station are countless here.

I work in Detroit (well, near) and perhaps you'll nod your head sagely and think "ahh...THAT'S why..." However, I live in a community that is on the edge of rural. It's a small town. I grew up here, left and came back because it's a good place for families. In all my years here, I have never locked the door to my house. That is until recently.

What changed things is that even here in my small town, we now belong to the group of sad communities that have been visited and affected by a pair of serial killers. (you can google "Selepak" for more information) Their victim?  A young couple who were expecting their first child. The woman worked at the grocery store where I do my shopping. Their home was less than 3 miles down the road from where I live. She and I had talked at length one time about the possibility of babysitting one of my children. At that time, I had honestly thought she was in high school. They were a very young, very loving and loved couple here. I'm quite sure no one ever expected something like this to happen here - but it did.

Bad things happen, regardless of where you live. And if you can say "Nothing bad has ever happened here,"  then just count yourself as VERY lucky - VERY VERY lucky.

No one ever really thinks about how they're affected  by crime until they are touched by it. I don't live my life afraid of crime, but I damn sure don't make it easy anymore to be the victim of it.

juliet

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/26/2006 1:28:07 AM   
MistressDeAnnya


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Status: offline 		Just to add, that insurance will not cover your car (or anything stolen out of it)  if your keys were left in the ignition.
 
 
 
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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/26/2006 1:31:10 AM   
julietsierra


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Status: offline 		They sure won't. And the very first thing the police asked me to do was to show them my set of keys.

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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/26/2006 8:24:45 AM   
maskedsow


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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/26/2006 10:32:20 AM   
julietsierra


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RE: NEW CAR-JACKING TECHNIQUE! - 8/26/2006 11:33:39 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SilverWulf

I am amazed there are not more stolen cars where I live.  
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There are advantages to living in a very rural area



Here also. I haven't taken the keys out of my ignition in over a month. But my daughters who live in a larger town lock their car in my driveway... go figure.

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