What is Carjacking?
Carjacking is a form of hijacking.
It is a crime where a car is stolen from the owner, mostly under duress.
It was generally termed "hijacking", but a carjacker assaults the owner of the vehicle, using threats of bodily harm or risk to life.
Most carjackers are armed and the threat of losing one's life is high.
Carjacking can be done in various ways.
A carjacker can be fortunate to find the car keys in an unlocked car, which saves him from harming the owner.
But in the case where the car is locked, and the keys are with the owner, there is the threat of assault.
Some carjackers have been known to assault vehicle owners while they are in their vehicles, forcing them to give them the car keys.
Sometimes, the hijacking becomes a kidnapping, where the vehicle owner is forced to drive the carjacker, under duress, to a safe destination.
The wave of carjackers in Britain is ever-growing.
There are cases of carjackers assaulting owners with weapons ranging from guns to knives.
Police believe that carjacking is a response to the advance in car security.
They avoid breaking into the car and go for the better option of holding the owner at gunpoint.
Women are mostly victims to carjacking, because the hijackers believe they are less of a problem to deal with.
This threat is high and wholesome, because they can kidnap these women in the process of hijacking and other crimes can be perpetrated.
The threat of rape is present when it comes to women and carjackers.
New model cars are mostly susceptible to carjacking, because they will fetch a high price for the hijackers.
There are different ploys to hijack a car.
Apart from the assault ploy, which has to deal mostly with a carjacker, organized carjacking has become the new thing.
A carjacking ploy is the situation where the victim's car is hit and when the victim comes out to view the damage, a second carjacker form the suspect car goes into the victim's car and drives off.
Recent developments in car security from car manufacturers have provided a fall in car crimes in Britain.
Car manufacturers have secured cars with alarms and sometimes car tracking devices.
It is a good move, so that as soon as a car is stolen, the police show up quickly and effectively to accost the car thief.
Though the police are effective, carjacking is a hazardous crime, and puts the carjacker, victim and police at severe risks of bodily harm and loss of life.
It is a crime where a car is stolen from the owner, mostly under duress.
It was generally termed "hijacking", but a carjacker assaults the owner of the vehicle, using threats of bodily harm or risk to life.
Most carjackers are armed and the threat of losing one's life is high.
Carjacking can be done in various ways.
A carjacker can be fortunate to find the car keys in an unlocked car, which saves him from harming the owner.
But in the case where the car is locked, and the keys are with the owner, there is the threat of assault.
Some carjackers have been known to assault vehicle owners while they are in their vehicles, forcing them to give them the car keys.
Sometimes, the hijacking becomes a kidnapping, where the vehicle owner is forced to drive the carjacker, under duress, to a safe destination.
The wave of carjackers in Britain is ever-growing.
There are cases of carjackers assaulting owners with weapons ranging from guns to knives.
Police believe that carjacking is a response to the advance in car security.
They avoid breaking into the car and go for the better option of holding the owner at gunpoint.
Women are mostly victims to carjacking, because the hijackers believe they are less of a problem to deal with.
This threat is high and wholesome, because they can kidnap these women in the process of hijacking and other crimes can be perpetrated.
The threat of rape is present when it comes to women and carjackers.
New model cars are mostly susceptible to carjacking, because they will fetch a high price for the hijackers.
There are different ploys to hijack a car.
Apart from the assault ploy, which has to deal mostly with a carjacker, organized carjacking has become the new thing.
A carjacking ploy is the situation where the victim's car is hit and when the victim comes out to view the damage, a second carjacker form the suspect car goes into the victim's car and drives off.
Recent developments in car security from car manufacturers have provided a fall in car crimes in Britain.
Car manufacturers have secured cars with alarms and sometimes car tracking devices.
It is a good move, so that as soon as a car is stolen, the police show up quickly and effectively to accost the car thief.
Though the police are effective, carjacking is a hazardous crime, and puts the carjacker, victim and police at severe risks of bodily harm and loss of life.
