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For women who drive at night-please read!!
Guys out there please share this info with your
spouse..This is a good thing to know. Sometimes
emails that get forwarded are important. I
consider this one to think about.
In case you haven't seen the following...please
read...very important for your safety.
I headed for home by myself at approximately 10pm.
I was...between exits...when a car pulled into the
right-most lane beside me(I was in the center lane)
and started matching speeds with me. After a minute,
I tried to slow down so he would pass. He slowed,
too. I regained my previous speed, and he sped up
with me. Finally after a few minutes of this,
he pulled slightly ahead of me, rolled down his
window and motioned towards my tire as though
something was wrong.
The man had already begun to make me nervous by
driving alongside me for some distance on the
mostly empty highway, and now my training took over.
This man is trying to get me off the road by
myself here in the dark," I thought. This, in case
you are unfamiliar with the area, is basically the
middle of nowhere. I know my car. I am very careful
with maintenance, and I am an experienced driver.
I know what a flat tire feels like. I knew my car
was fine. I put on my turn signal and moved to the
right-most lane behind the man anyway and slowed down
>slightly
there is always the chance that something
could have been wrong, better to be prepared).
The other car pulled onto the shoulder and started
slowing down. Now I knew he was definitely trying
to get me to pull over. I passed him, he swerved
back on the road and drove right behind me.
At the next exit, there were two gas stations.
They were well lit and there were a few people there.
I exited, he followed. Not only this, but a car I
had not previously noticed, that was in front of us
suddenly swerved off the exit when I put my turn
signal on. I know this scenario. I grew up in
some pretty bad areas. I have had training in this.
At this point, everything I had learned was in
>control.
I decided not to stop anywhere. By now there was
absolutely no doubt that my car was fine. When we
approached the stop sign at the dark, empty
>intersection after the
gas stations, the car ahead of me put on his
left turn signal and stopped. I checked for traffic as
I approached the intersection, then pulled around him
to the right, and headed straight back for the
>highway.
Both the car that had been ahead and the one that had
been following me turned left across the highway and
did not pursue further.
I have now carefully checked my car in a safe place
when I knew I was no longer being followed.
It is in perfect condition. This is a classic
scenario for car jackers to use at night. I feel
lucky that I was well prepared and didn't have to
think too much about what to do.
1. Don't ever let yourself be caught between two
cars. Car jackers often work in pairs,
attempting to corner your vehicle.
2. Don't ever pull off the road at night by
yourself in a dark, unpopulated place.
3. Carry a cell phone - I'm going to get one!!
4. Stay calm. Don't try any tricks. If you are
in an accident, you are vulnerable.
5. Remember that most criminals want easy
victims...DON'T LET YOURSELF BECOME ONE!!!
6. Make sure you find out how to react BEFORE
you are in the situation!
These situations are unfortunately real and dangerous.
Thinking about it when it happens is too late!
7. ALWAYS make sure you do not stop until
you are CERTAIN that help is present
(i.e., even if you are in a slight accident
head straight for the police station, and don't
stop until you are there. Car jackers often
slightly damage vehicles by bumping them from
the rear to try to get the driver to get out.)
GOOD ENOUGH TO READ? PASS IT ON!
KAREN L CAMPBELL
Attorney at Law
