grand theft auto

You know, I came across a very interesting article sent in by a reader to the Star. In it the writer gave an account of his brand new Honda Accord being stolen. Talk about GTA (grand theft auto) in real life.

He was driving home from the Motorola bridge heading towards Shah Alam via Federal highway. At the set of lights, he made a turn and a car hit him from behind. He also went on to say that he wasa warned by his friends and colleagues about the choice of car he bought as it was an easy target for GTA wannabes. You see, all new cars, especially Hondas come with immobilizers. So our dumb car thief ain't that dumb. He would not risk getting caught red handed with the car dying on his after a kilometre or two.

Did you happen to hear about the thief who was so pissed at the immobilizer of a luxury car? He ended up stealing the car twice and both time he had to leave it by the side of the road because the damned car shut itself off. He had to steal it twice just to be sure. Talk about having too much times on his hands, or not the smartest thief in the world. Yes, immobilizers are a wonderful thing, however it can lead to furhter complications, like a bruised face for example.

So what's left for our dear car thief to do? The only way was to wait for your victim to get into his car, get him or her to drive along a deserted road and ever so gently, give the target car a nudge. That will be enough to get the driver to notice you and pull along side to get your details on the accident.

Of course, when you pull aside, you'd have your mates back in tow and when the victim notices that you are alone in the car, he or she would be confident enough to get out of the car to exchange details. This is when your mates come in, they either enter the car, if the keys are still in the ignition or grab the victim and beat him or her senseless and snatch the keys off their hands.

This was exactly what happened to the writer. He saw a lady in a tudung, getting out from the car behind. He instinctive thought it was a harmless lady and left the keys in the ignition. He got down to inspect his bumper and next thing he knew was that the car that hit him, carried Naza plates. He knew he was screwed from that moment. Just as he turned to look at his car, another Waja had stopped in front of his car, blocking it and two youths were already in his car, one on the driver's seat and the other to the left. The writer tried to pry the youth out of the car, but out of no where a punch came flying through the air, hitting him and dazing him a little.

Next thing he knew, there were at least 4 or 5 people around him. This was real life car mugging. You know, the government should really legalize guns here. In this age that we live in, you get mugged, robbed or shot, while minding your own business. Who'd risk going out at night? In the daytime, it's ain't that safe either.

So, a word of advice, if you do get involved in a minor accident, please don't bother getting down from your car. You'll either get mugged, robbed, a victim of GTA or if you are a girl abducted and raped. Just take down the details of the other car and drive straight to the police station. It's not worth losing your life over a small damage.