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Carjacking: Defensive Tactics Against a Growing Threat
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Mark A. Taff
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Carjacking involves a criminal actor, or multiple criminal actors, taking a vehicle by force away from a person who is in, or just getting into or out of, the vehicle. Needless to say, most perpetrators are armed when committing this act and take the vehicle through intimidation with a weapon. A significant percentage of people who comply and hand over the keys end up getting killed anyway as carjacking tends to be the domain of a violent criminal element. How can you guard against this form of crime while on the road or while parking? |
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jac
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This is the first time I have seen the suggestion to throw the keys away, but it is something that I have always advocated if carjacked or forced to drive someone under duress.
Stop in the middle of a busy intersection and throw the keys out the window. With their means of escape thwarted, few criminals would want to add murder to the list of charges. |
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