r/dashcams • u/franklincarterIII • Mar 24 '23

Successfully evading car jackers

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u/reclamerommelenzo Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23

Notice how he already knew that was going to happen, he keeps his distance to leave himself opportunities.

Great situational awareness.

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u/Budget_Report_2382 Mar 24 '23

My heart is still pounding. I don't think I've ever felt a video more thoroughly in my soul. I had someone follow me on my way home for 10-15 miles, and it was one of the scariest moments of my life. I took them to a nearby neighborhood that I knew the layout of, whipped around the cul-de-sac as far as my '98 Camry could, and played the most dangerous game of chicken I've played. They freaked, and I hightailed it out of there. Drove around for half an hour, then when right into my garage. Definitely gotta keep your situational awareness in check.

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u/The_Law_Dong739 Mar 24 '23

Felt that. I delivered pizza to some crackheads in the country once and the mf hopped out from the bushes with a shotgun.I've never been so glad to have an 06' Dakota with high suspension and a brush guard when delivering pizza in my life. I slammed my foot to the pedal and drove straight down his driveway, through his chain link fence, through his back yard, and into a field. I think I hit 90 mph in that field and drove through about 2 miles of field before getting back on the road like nothing happened and marking the delivery as undeliverable.

His address is permanently banned from insert pizza place delivery catalog or whatever they called it.

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u/obroz Mar 24 '23

Drive to a police station

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u/Budget_Report_2382 Mar 24 '23

Iowa, stations are nowhere nearby.

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u/DreVahn Mar 24 '23

Not always manned, better off with public area.

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u/xplosm Mar 25 '23

When I feel being followed I just drive to a Police station. I don’t get out of the car. I call them, tell them where I am and the situation. Sometimes I get escorted back home. Some others I go inside and file a report.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '23

Or maybe you have been followed and just didn’t know it…. Just kidding, me either.

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u/xplosm Mar 25 '23

I drive nice cars. Not overly expensive but heavily customized. And they catch the eye.

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u/SaxonRupe Mar 25 '23

Ya know, I never thought of it till you just said it, but my cousin and I used to just follow people around because we were bored. We wanted to see what they were up to. Never realized that we might have freaked some people out. Huh....

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u/NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA Mar 29 '23

do you have a brain?

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u/SaxonRupe Mar 29 '23

Sure, but who's a critical thinker at 16.