Friday, May 23, 2014

AP / Yahoo News: Detroit motorists under siege in 'Carjack City' (Have heard reliable reports that drivers in South Africa use those old 'Baby On Board' rear window signs in hopes that the carjackers will at least let them grab their kid out of the car before it is carjacked. Let's see, what do South Africa and Detroit have in common?)

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Detroit motorists under siege in 'Carjack City'


DETROIT (AP) — When they pull up to a gas station these days, Detroit drivers are looking beyond the price per gallon at a far more threatening concern: carjackers.
The armed auto thieves have become so common here that parts of the bankrupt metropolis are referred to as "Carjack City," and many motorists fear getting out of their vehicles even for a few moments to fill a tank. . . .