Beware new tactic by car jackers
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Just been made aware of this so thought I'd pass it on, has it moved wider than London & Manchester yet?
Be aware of new car-jacking scheme.
You walk across the carpark, unlock your car and get inside.
Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift or put 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 the gear stick back into park or neutral, 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, you would have left your purse in the car and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.
BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED IN LONDON/MANCHESTER.
Just drive away and remove the paper later!
Not only do they get your car, but usually everything else (keys, credit cards, drivers licence etc etc) and you certainly do NOT want someone getting your home address.
They already HAVE your keys!!!
JUST BE AWARE AND TAKE CARE IT WILL PROBABLY SOON ARRIVE IN YOUR AREA
B
ds
Be aware of new car-jacking scheme.
You walk across the carpark, unlock your car and get inside.
Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift or put 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 the gear stick back into park or neutral, 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, you would have left your purse in the car and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.
BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED IN LONDON/MANCHESTER.
Just drive away and remove the paper later!
Not only do they get your car, but usually everything else (keys, credit cards, drivers licence etc etc) and you certainly do NOT want someone getting your home address.
They already HAVE your keys!!!
JUST BE AWARE AND TAKE CARE IT WILL PROBABLY SOON ARRIVE IN YOUR AREA
B
dsEinion Yrth said:
The references to a slush box in a predominantly manual box country led me to check snopes
status: false.
It's another septic urban legend.
ETA
bugger, beaten to it.
>> Edited by Einion Yrth on Thursday 12th January 10:55
to be fair though it's not impossible that it is a tactic employed by some car thiefs - it is after all quite ingenious
I'm sure someone has thought of it..
minimax said:
The references to a slush box in a predominantly manual box country led me to check snopes
status: false.
It's another septic urban legend.
ETA
bugger, beaten to it.
>> Edited by Einion Yrth on Thursday 12th January 10:55
to be fair though it's not impossible that it is a tactic employed by some car thiefs - it is after all quite ingenious
I'm sure someone has thought of it..
Yes, but if you leave your vehicle with the engine running in a public place, you are guilty of an offence, and I'm sure none of us ever breaks the law
The other indication that its bollox is the fact that it requires that you must have driven into the space (in order to need to reverse out) and therefore you are likely to be approaching the car from behind when returning to it, at which point you will see and remove the obstruction before unlocking the car.
As Snopes points out (I think; didn't bother to re-read it this time!) car theieves are far more likely to be opportunist than hang around a multi-story for hours on end hoping not to be spotted whilst they lie in wait by your car...
As Snopes points out (I think; didn't bother to re-read it this time!) car theieves are far more likely to be opportunist than hang around a multi-story for hours on end hoping not to be spotted whilst they lie in wait by your car...
pdV6 said:
The other indication that its bollox is the fact that it requires that you must have driven into the space (in order to need to reverse out) and therefore you are likely to be approaching the car from behind when returning to it, at which point you will see and remove the obstruction before unlocking the car.
unless the car park is empty and you happen to approach the car from the front...
minimax said:
The other indication that its bollox is the fact that it requires that you must have driven into the space (in order to need to reverse out) and therefore you are likely to be approaching the car from behind when returning to it, at which point you will see and remove the obstruction before unlocking the car.
unless the car park is empty and you happen to approach the car from the front...
...In which case you wouldn't need to engage reverse, and just drive off forwards...
pdV6 said:
..you must have driven into the space (in order to need to reverse out)..
It may be worth sharing with some of the more physically fragile PH'ers that it is recommended, by all security, military and personal safety representatives that you always reverse in, so that you can drive out.
In any emergency evacuation situation, whether personal attack or otherwise, you want as quick an out as possible. The 'experts' do this in any and all situations, even a shopping car park.
This is referenced in many training manuals, including (and I jest you not) the SAS handbook of survival by Lofty (whatta) Wiseman.
So there ya go. just thought I would throw that in.
flat_steve said:
The other indication that its bollox is the fact that it requires that you must have driven into the space (in order to need to reverse out) and therefore you are likely to be approaching the car from behind when returning to it, at which point you will see and remove the obstruction before unlocking the car.
unless the car park is empty and you happen to approach the car from the front...
...In which case you wouldn't need to engage reverse, and just drive off forwards...
unless there are kerbs marking the spine from which the parking bay lines are perpendicular, and they are too tall to drive over yet easy to step over (think pavement kerb)
ok, i'm really being a t
t now! 
Big Fat F'er said:
..you must have driven into the space (in order to need to reverse out)..
It may be worth sharing with some of the more physically fragile PH'ers that it is recommended, by all security, military and personal safety representatives that you always reverse in, so that you can drive out.
In any emergency evacuation situation, whether personal attack or otherwise, you want as quick an out as possible. The 'experts' do this in any and all situations, even a shopping car park.
This is referenced in many training manuals, including (and I jest you not) the SAS handbook of survival by Lofty (whatta) Wiseman.
So there ya go. just thought I would throw that in.
Unless of course you have been shopping in a typical supermarket where cars are parks in rows 2 wide. Reversing into one of these spaces pretty much ensures you you not be able to get your shopping into the boot without great difficulty. I await the suggestion that you could just pull forward and block off the lane for other people whilst you fill your car up...
MR2Mike said:
Unless of course you have been shopping in a typical supermarket where cars are parks in rows 2 wide. Reversing into one of these spaces pretty much ensures you you not be able to get your shopping into the boot without great difficulty. I await the suggestion that you could just pull forward and block off the lane for other people whilst you fill your car up...
I saw some selfish bint do something similar this morning. She left the trolley in the middle of the 'road' bit of the car park while she filled the boot, one car each way had to stop and wait, plus one trying to get out of the space opposite. She then left the trolley behind the next car, blocking it in, instead of walking the few metres (less than 10) to the trolley park. If I had been one of the cars waiting the trolley would have been impaled by my front bumper and maneuvered to the other end of the carpark.
kevinday said:
I saw some selfish bint do something similar this morning. She left the trolley in the middle of the 'road' bit of the car park while she filled the boot, one car each way had to stop and wait, plus one trying to get out of the space opposite. She then left the trolley behind the next car, blocking it in
One of my pet peeves. I consider myself to be a bit lazy at times, but it's hard to comprehend how people can be so slovenly/ignorant/arrogant as to just leave trolleys floating around where the first gust of wind will see them impaled into the side of someones P&J. Clearly having to push a couple of crates of Stella and 100 B&H around the supermarket has drained their stamina to the extent that they are unable to make it those last few yards to the trolley park. Ahhh, of course, they are helping to keep the trolley boys in employment, just like those that litter do so to keep street sweepers in a job.
Perhaps I'm just old fashioned, or maybe I'm being thoroughly unreasonable in expecting other people to give a flying f...ig about anyone but themselves?
reminds me of a rather funny shopping trolley moment I had a while back. parked in carpark, went into supermarket to buy food etc. now my car currently has a rather concave looking drivers door (due to a fool in a different carpark a few months back, but thats another story). anyway, I came out of the shops, and found someone had very carefully parked a trolley against my already smashed-up door. It really cracked me up. maybe I just have a weird sense of humour.
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