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- From: holowczk@rwja.umdnj.edu (Richard Holowczak)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.car
- Subject: Re: Alarm for carjacking
- Message-ID: <1687@rwja.umdnj.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 04:02:07 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.005459.24362@oracle.us.oracle.com> <kmr4.177.721583056@po.CWRU.edu>
- Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ
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- kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov12.005459.24362@oracle.us.oracle.com> jpau@oracle.com writes:
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- >>Does anyone has any suggestion for any addons to your existing alarm system
- >>to take care of the now getting popular carjacking problem?
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- > I forgot one more method, but the individual has to decide how '
- >brave/stupid' they are.
- > If you are at an intersection, it's called flooring it. Most car
- >theives do not want to kill someone, and they may hesistate on firing. A
- >car theft is now common, and for the most part, loosely investigated. But,
- >a murder brings more attention. However, it's a risk one must take. Nothing
- >is certain.
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- One thing I do is not to pull up close to the car in front of me at red
- lights. This way, if someone is approaching your car, you can either
- pull a U-Turn or drive around the car in front of you to get away.
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- Rich H.
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