Not a Joke

[daz6215]

Just read this on another forum, might be worth taking note!

Sent: Thu, 2 September, 2010 12:04:57
Subject: FW: BEWARE - Police warning when driving. NOT a joke

> This is not a joke originator was at a crimewatch meeting on 18th and
> the police requested this was sent out
> Worth Passing On!
> This is happening now! Sad, especially if you are inclined to 'help'
> people...
> While driving on a rural end of the roadway on Thursday morning, I saw
> an infant car seat on the side of the road with a blanket draped over
> it. For whatever reason, I did not stop, even though I had all kinds of
> thoughts running through my head. But when I got to my destination, I
> called the Police and they were going to check it out. But, this is
> what the Police advised even before they went out there to check....
> "There are several things to be aware of ... gangs and thieves are now
> plotting different ways to get a person (mostly women)to stop their
> vehicle and get out of the car.
> "There is a gang initiation reported by the local Police where gangs
> are placing a car seat by the road...with a fake baby in
> it...waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the abandoned
> baby.
> "Note that the location of this car seat is usually beside a wooded or
> grassy (field) area and the person -- woman -- will be dragged into
> the woods, beaten and raped, and usually left for dead. If it's a man,
> they're usually beaten and robbed and maybe left for dead, too.
> DO NOT STOP FOR ANY REASON!!!
>
> DIAL 9-9-9
> AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW, BUT DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN.
>
> "IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSCREEN, DO
> NOT STOP TO CHECK THE CAR, DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER AND DO NOT SPRAY
> ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXED
> WITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5%, AND YOU ARE
> THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF THESE
> CRIMINALS.
>
> THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS, SO PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS
> AND RELATIVES.
>
> THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES AND THESE ARE UNSAVOURY INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL
> TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT."
>
> Please talk to your loved ones about this. This is a new tactic used.
> Please be safe.
>
> Get started NOW -- SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES
> TO BE CAREFUL AND AWARE OF EVERYTHING AROUND THEM SO AS NOT TO BECOME A
> VICTIM.

[jont]

It's strange how the more often these things have "not a joke" in, the more often they are false:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/eggthrow.asp

[daz6215]

It could be false, Im not sure! but if it's not its worth taking note of!

Thanks for those links Jont, not sure what would posess people to make this sort of stuff up

[daz6215]

MODS please feel free to delete this post!

[drivingschoolnewbury]

I have never heard of this before however it wouldn't surprise me. Sounds similar to what we read about with gangs in America faking a collision so that they can steal your car. All sounds very worrying.

[martine]

I have never heard of this before however it wouldn't surprise me. Sounds similar to what we read about with gangs in America faking a collision so that they can steal your car. All sounds very worrying.

Hi and Welcome!

No you miss the point...it's not real but one of the many hoax warnings of doom and gloom...it has no basis of fact and whizzes round the net every so often.

[TripleS]

I have never heard of this before however it wouldn't surprise me. Sounds similar to what we read about with gangs in America faking a collision so that they can steal your car. All sounds very worrying.

Hi and Welcome!

No you miss the point...it's not real but one of the many hoax warnings of doom and gloom...it has no basis of fact....

I hope you are right, but how can we be sure? Answer: we can't.

i've no wish to get too alarmed by this sort of story, but all the same a degree of wariness might be in order.

On a lighter note - a welcome to DSN.

Thinks: I wonder if he does cheap refresher lessons for aged and difficult pupils of limited means?

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[ExadiNigel]

....
Thinks: I wonder if he does cheap refresher lessons for aged and difficult pupils of limited means?

Best wishes all,
Dave.

Come down to Plymouth for a weekend, I'll happily do cheap refresher lessons for aged and difficult pupils of limited means. It gets a little lonely at times, I'd be glad of the company!

Nigel

[TripleS]

....
Thinks: I wonder if he does cheap refresher lessons for aged and difficult pupils of limited means?

Best wishes all,
Dave.

Come down to Plymouth for a weekend, I'll happily do cheap refresher lessons for aged and difficult pupils of limited means. It gets a little lonely at times, I'd be glad of the company!

Nigel

Thanks, that's a nice thought, Nigel; but I don't think you realise what you might be letting yourself in for.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[ExadiNigel]

....Thanks, that's a nice thought, Nigel; but I don't think you realise what you might be letting yourself in for.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[heeloth]

It's strange how the more often these things have "not a joke" in, the more often they are false:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/eggthrow.asp

It's better to be safe than sorry. The sad thing is when a real person needs real help, nobody would help him!

[heeloth]

I have never heard of this before however it wouldn't surprise me. Sounds similar to what we read about with gangs in America faking a collision so that they can steal your car. All sounds very worrying.

Hi and Welcome!

No you miss the point...it's not real but one of the many hoax warnings of doom and gloom...it has no basis of fact and whizzes round the net every so often.

But it's still a good thing to keep in mind. If it "whizzes" around the net every so often... then criminals would have gotten wind of it and just might actually use it for real. It happens. Just because it's listed as false in snopes, doesn't mean that it can't happen in real life.

[ExadiNigel]

It's strange how the more often these things have "not a joke" in, the more often they are false:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/eggthrow.asp

It's better to be safe than sorry. The sad thing is when a real person needs real help, nobody would help him!

If everyone had the attitude, as you're suggesting, of "It's better to be safe than sorry" then no-one will stop. I rather hope I would stop to help!

Nigel