Carjacking pro

Gregster · 13 Mar 2014 at 12:37

My car locks the doors when you pull away but I can turn it off.

Mynight · 13 Mar 2014 at 12:48

Amazing! While I do feel sorry for the innocent parties I did find it kinda amusing.

Would have made a great publicity stunt for GTA lol

nick.lidgett · 13 Mar 2014 at 12:52

I was waiting for him to mow down a bunch of homies in bright orange jackets....

snips86x · 13 Mar 2014 at 12:53

dirtychinchilla said:
Why the hell would you lock your doors when you're driving?!

Safety!!

You have no idea what people are capable of especially when you're in slow moving or stationary traffic. What if someone just jumped into your car for whatever reason? Invading your personal space, putting your own or family's safety at risk!

I always lock the door when driving and more so when my wife & son are in the car.

Mynight · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:00

I always lock my doors as soon as I get in the car now. Years ago when working in the nightclubs I had a drunk I had kicked out wait for me he jumped in the passenger seat and pulled a small knife.

If you don't trust anything to be safe you won't be dissapointed

dowie · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:04

ubersonic said:
This, can't say I have ever met anyone who locks their car doors when driving. Surely that would be a very dumb move in the event of an accident?

I reckon the chance of an accident is significantly higher than the chance of getting car jacked.... I'd maybe lock my doors if driving through a dodgy part of a city (you don't want some scrote grabbing your bag/laptop from the back seat while at the lights) but in general, along motorways, country lanes etc... I'd leave the doors unlocked... I'd like to exit as quickly as possible with minimum fuss if in an accident.

Amp34 · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:04

Blazin23 said:
To stop carjacking..?

e: although the use of a question mark followed by an exclamation mark suggest that irony may be involved in which case I've just been had.

Most of us don't live in the British equivelent of Johannesburg! If you do then maybe you should think about moving...

sanaxe1 · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:05

snips86x said:
Safety!!

You have no idea what people are capable of especially when you're in slow moving or stationary traffic. What if someone just jumped into your car for whatever reason? Invading your personal space, putting your own or family's safety at risk!

I always lock the door when driving and more so when my wife & son are in the car.

Exactly! Thats the same reason i walk around in a giant bubble because what if!?

snips86x · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:11

sanaxe1 said:
Exactly! Thats the same reason i walk around in a giant bubble because what if!?

Glad someone agrees with me!

Look at what is happening to this world now......would you trust the general public with your life?

sanaxe1 · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:15

snips86x said:
Glad someone agrees with me!

Look at what is happening to this world now......would you trust the general public with your life?

The world is now a more safer place than anytime in history. The only difference is that due to the amount of news we consume we are now more aware of what happens making it seem worse.

touch · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:18

Gregster said:
My car locks the doors when you pull away but I can turn it off.

Audi A4 (b6) in your sig?
How do you turn it off?
Do you need VCDS or onboard computer controls? (i have neither

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ubersonic · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:20

snips86x said:
Safety!!

You have no idea what people are capable of especially when you're in slow moving or stationary traffic. What if someone just jumped into your car for whatever reason? Invading your personal space, putting your own or family's safety at risk!

I always lock the door when driving and more so when my wife & son are in the car.

Lol, are you worried you will accidentally take a wrong turn into south Africa?

I can't believe that anyone actually does this, it's absurd.

dowie said:
I reckon the chance of an accident is significantly higher than the chance of getting car jacked.... I'd maybe lock my doors if driving through a dodgy part of a city (you don't want some scrote grabbing your bag/laptop from the back seat while at the lights) but in general, along motorways, country lanes etc... I'd leave the doors unlocked... I'd like to exit as quickly as possible with minimum fuss if in an accident.

Yeah this pretty much sums it up.

Burnsy2023 · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:21

snips86x said:
Safety!!

You have no idea what people are capable of especially when you're in slow moving or stationary traffic. What if someone just jumped into your car for whatever reason? Invading your personal space, putting your own or family's safety at risk!

I always lock the door when driving and more so when my wife & son are in the car.

Carjacking in the UK is incredibly rare.

As for safety, when you crash locking your doors could actually prove to be more harmful.

snips86x · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:21

ubersonic said:
Lol, are you worried you will accidentally take a wrong turn into south Africa?

I can't believe that anyone actually does this, it's absurd.

It doesn't matter where you live, you could potentially be a target whether you know it or not!

dirtychinchilla · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:22

dowie said:
I reckon the chance of an accident is significantly higher than the chance of getting car jacked.... I'd maybe lock my doors if driving through a dodgy part of a city (you don't want some scrote grabbing your bag/laptop from the back seat while at the lights) but in general, along motorways, country lanes etc... I'd leave the doors unlocked... I'd like to exit as quickly as possible with minimum fuss if in an accident.

I agree with you on the dodgy part of the city bit. If I am in somewhere that looks horrific then I might lock the doors, or if it's very late at night and I'm somewhere sketchy. I also lock them if I leave my girlfriend alone in the car, but she cares more about that than I do.

I have to say, though, I've never ever thought before about the possibility of someone opening the door while I'm stationary...weird!

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:27

Gregster said:
My car locks the doors when you pull away but I can turn it off.

Same here, it's one of the iDrive settings.

nick.lidgett · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:31

sanaxe1 said:
The world is now a more safer place than anytime in history. The only difference is that due to the amount of news we consume we are now more aware of what happens making it seem worse.

I agree with this in most parts, although i wouldnt commit myself to saying, its safer than any time in history.

snips86x · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:34

Burnsy2023 said:
Carjacking in the UK is incredibly rare.

As for safety, when you crash locking your doors could actually prove to be more harmful.

I wasn't really looking at car jacking, rather unwanted visitors!

Never say never, but in the 7 years I've been driving, I've been accident free and honestly never come close. In regards to locking the doors, I'm sure there would be safety measures in place for such an event.

Greboth · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:42

nick.lidgett said:
I was waiting for him to mow down a bunch of homies in bright orange jackets....

Weren't they hari krishna's?

Either way, Not funny for those involved but hilarious to watch. Someone needs to dub a gta sound track over that video. I am the same as most people though and normally don't lock my car while driving. There have been a few exceptions but they are few and far between.

Burnsy2023 · 13 Mar 2014 at 13:43

snips86x said:
Never say never, but in the 7 years I've been driving, I've been accident free and honestly never come close. In regards to locking the doors, I'm sure there would be safety measures in place for such an event.

The chance of your being in an accident are much more likely and I'm not aware of any safety measures. If they do exist they may not always work.