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JEFF - print for your mother!!
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Subject: [Fwd: Fw: Car Jackers--this is not a joke
>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>
>>>>>Keep this in mind...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>}This information was forwarded to me. Even
>>>>>}though this says "Women", it is good information
>>>>>}for anyone.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}Subject: Advice for Women traveling at night
>>>>>}
>>>>>}I think this is a good thing to think about before it
>>>>>}happens. I think we all pride ourselves on being
>>>>>}observant. However, this message just
>>>>>}reminded me of the need to pay more attention
>>>>>}when driving. Ladies or Gents to pass along to
>>>>>}female family members/friends: In case you
>>>>>}haven't seen the following...please read...very
>>>>>}important for your safety.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}I headed for home by myself at approximately
>>>>>}10pm. I was between exits when a car pulled into
>>>>>}the right most lane beside me (I was in the center
>>>>>}lane) and started matching speeds with me. After
>>>>>}a minute, I tried to slow down so he would pass.
>>>>>}He slowed, too. I regained my previous speed,
>>>>>}and he sped up with me. Finally after a few
>>>>>}minutes of this, he pulled slightly ahead of me,
>>>>>}rolled down his window and motioned towards my
>>>>>}tire as though something was wrong.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}The man had already begun to make me nervous
>>>>>}by driving along side me for some distance on the
>>>>>}mostly empty highway, and now my training took
>>>>>}over. "This man is trying to get me off the road by
>>>>>}myself here in the dark," I thought.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}This, in case you are unfamiliar with the area, is
>>>>>}basically the middle of nowhere. I know my car. I
>>>>>}am very careful with maintenance, and I am an
>>>>>}experienced driver. I know what a flat tire feels
>>>>e man anyway and slowed down slightly (there is
>>>>>}always the chance that something could
>>>>>}have been wrong, better to be prepared). The
>>>>>}other car pulled onto the shoulder
>>>>>}and started slowing down. Now I knew he was
>>>>>}definitely trying to get me to pull over. I passed
>>>>>}him, he swerved back on the road and drove right
>>>>>}behind me.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}At the next exit, there were two gas stations. They
>>>>>}were well lit and there were a few people there.
>>>>>}I exited, he followed. Not only this, but a car I had
>>>>>}not previously noticed, that was in front of us
>>>>>}suddenly swerved off the exit when I put my turn
>>>>>}signal on. I know this scenario. I grew up in some
>>>>>}pretty bad areas. I have had training in this. At
>>>>>}this point, everything I had learned was in control.
>>>>>}I decided not to stop anywhere. By now there was
>>>>>}absolutely no doubt that my car was fine. When we
>>>>>}approached the stop sign at the dark, empty
>>>>>}intersection after the gas stations, the car ahead
>>>>>}of me put on his left turn signal and stopped. I
>>>>>}checked for traffic as I approached the
>>>>>}intersection, then pulled around him to the right,
>>>>>}and headed straight back for the highway. Both
>>>>>}the car that had been ahead and the one that had
>>>>>}been following me turned left across the highway
>>>>>}and did not pursue further.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}I have now carefully checked my car in a safe
>>>>>}place when I knew I was no longer being followed.
>>>>>}It is in perfect condition. This is a classic scenario
>>>>>}for car jackers to use at night. I feel lucky that I
>>>>>}was well prepared and didn't have to think too
>>>>>}much about what to do.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}1.Don't ever let yourself be caught between two
>>>>>}cars. Car jackers often work in pairs, attempting to
>>>>>}corner your vehicle.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}2.Don't ever pull off the road at night by yourself
>>>>>}in a dark, unpopulated place.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}3.Carry a cell phone - I'm going to get one!!
>>>>>}
>>>>>}4.Stay calm. Don't try any tricks. If you are in an
>>>>>}accident, you are vulnerable.
>>>>>}
>>>>>}5.Remember that most criminals want easy
>>>>>}victims...DON'T LET YOURSELF BECOME ONE!!!
>>>>>}
>>>>>}6.Make sure you find out how to react BEFORE
>>>>>}you are in the situation!
>>>>>}
>>>>>}These situations are unfortunately real and
>>>>>}dangerous. Thinking about it when it
>>>>>}happens is too late!
>>>>>}
>>>>>}7.ALWAYS make sure you do not stop until you are
>>>>>}CERTAIN that help is present (i.e., even if you are
>>>>>}in a slight accident, head straight for the police
>>>>>}station, and don't stop until you are there. Car
>>>>>}jackers often slightly damage vehicles by bumping
>>>>>}them from the rear to try to get the driver to get
>>>>>}out.)
>>>>>}
>>>>>}GOOD ENOUGH TO READ? PASS IT ON!
>>>>>}
>>>>>}KAREN L CAMPBELL
>>>>>}Attorney at Law
>>>>>}EMail: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>}Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
>>>>>}New York, NY USA
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