Car Security:
Avoiding Carjacking

Beginning with the most obvious risk to car security, picking up any hitchhiker is a prime example of dangerously careless compassion.

A woman in Canada was kidnapped and raped after her car was hijacked by a man who had asked her for a ride.

And remember that 13 percent of armed robbers are female:

A Memphis woman took pity on a seemingly helpless woman and her baby. While in her car, the mother pulled a gun and shot her, then pushed her out and drove away in her car.

Car Safety Tips

See Loading Your Car with a baby in your car at Parking Lot Safety.

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR DOORS LOOCKED (and windows closed)

Rudolph Wade abducted a New Orleans woman when she drove to a store. He entered her unlocked passenger door, held a gun to her head and ordered her to drive to where he raped her.

A woman went to a store and got back in her car when convicted felon Robert “Beast” Neal entered her unlocked passenger door, put a knife to her throat and directed her to an abandoned house where he beat, stabbed, and raped her.

See Escaping Carjacking to avoid being taken to a secondary crime scene where you have far fewer options and odds of survival.

Jeremy Hayes and his wife's 14-year-old brother went into a store in Greenville NC while leaving their car unlocked and the keys in the ignition with Ginger Hayes in the back seat changing little Nicholas’ diaper. When they returned, the car was gone. Ginger was found dead with her baby nearby. Andre Edwards, with 57 previous arrests, was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering her.

For car security, though inconvenient, ALWAYS lock your car – it's better than tempting a monster. Gamble in Vegas – not in your life.

A man was parked near Macy's department store waiting for his wife. A teen walked up to him and asked for the time. Suspicious, he got out of his car to go into Macy's but the teen attacked him from behind and stole his car.

Once he became suspicious, he should have stayed inside his locked car and driven to park in the “fire lane” next to the store with his 4-way lights flashing, and waited there for his wife.

When approaching your parked car, look for suspicious-looking people loitering nearby and walk past if anything appears odd. Always notice people near your car.

Keep the vehicle ready for a quick getaway. There are many sitting ducks. One guy has both back windows halfway down. There’s a woman talking on her cellphone, unaware of anything around her. Keep your eye on that group of men loitering, all the while checking your rear- and side-view mirrors for anything suspicious behind you. Stop at least 5 metres from the car in front of you, for a quicker getaway. If you see a guy at a traffic light coming toward you with his hand in his pocket, be ready to take a gap over an island or jump the traffic light.

For car security in the US (where you drive on the right-hand side of the road), to somewhat lessen the danger of "jumping the traffic light," take a right turn into cross-traffic.

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