Car jacking is often a violent crime by one or more robbers who approach a driver who's either in his or her car or about to enter or leave it, point a gun or other weapon at the driver and force the driver to turn over the car. Often the victim is robbed of other valuables, abducted and possibly raped.

__________ Common Carjacking Schemes __________

• Pretending to be a stranded motorist.
• Faking a rear end collision or deliberately getting involved in an accident with the victim.
• Approaching the victim while the victim is stopped at a traffic light / stop sign / yield sign.
• Approaching a victim in car parks, private driveways, apartment complex parking lots.
• Waiting for a driver to arrive at or leave their place of employment
• Accosting a driver who is waiting for someone — Parents collecting children at sports events etc
• Throwing an object through an open window of a vehicle — the driver will come to a sudden stop - leaving them both distracted and vulnerable.
• Deflate a tyre / remove a number plate so that when the driver of the vehicle is signalled they respond to the "good Samaritan’s" notice by stopping.

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