# Beware of **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985 "2014-11-06T19:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/1 "2014-11-06T19:42:27Z")
…fake roadblocks! A motorist with a dashcam was able to document what was almost surely an attempt at robbery or–more likely–car-jacking: > **[Caught on dashcam: Driver's encounter with suspicious Turnpike roadblock](https://www.nj.com/news/2014/11/watch_drive_approaches_suspicious_roadblock_on_turnpike_zooms_away_as_man_approaches_vehicle.html)** > > When he stopped, a man slowly approached his passenger side door. Tukhtin's dash camera caught the entire encounter. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/2 "2014-11-06T19:55:50Z")
I keep meaning to get a dashcam. I’m not sure why I don’t pull the trigger - it would have come in handy a couple of times this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/3 "2014-11-06T21:17:31Z")
Was this Venezuela or Mogadishu? I don’t worry about car jackings where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/4 "2014-11-06T21:26:58Z")
Maybe Chicago or Detroit!!! We don’t get those problems around here either. The bandits would get lost unless they stole somebodies GPS first. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/5 "2014-11-06T21:57:27Z")
Not a problem where I live, either. My state allows you to carry a loaded gun in an unlocked glovebox without a concealed carry permit. Carjackers KNOW this and look for other prey. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/6 "2014-11-06T22:27:30Z")
This is how urban legends start. The article says the parked car had run out of gas, the driver was intoxicated, and they were trying to get someone to help them. So, dumb move for certain, but there’s no evidence of criminal intent at all. I worked for the government for many years, and I learned, “Don’t assume a conspiracy when incompetence will explain it.” In this situation I think, “Don’t assume a criminal intent when stupidity will explain it.” And I live in Oakland, California, where criminals are pretty creative. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/7 "2014-11-06T22:39:08Z")
**“The article says the parked car had run out of gas, the driver was intoxicated, and they were trying to get someone to help them. So, dumb move for certain, but there’s no evidence of criminal intent at all.”** That is true, but the updated information did not appear online until–literally–a few minutes before you read it online. The original version of the article from early this morning stated that the “perp” had been arrested, but it did not list the charge, nor did it mention intoxication or running out of gas. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beware-of/87985/8 "2014-11-07T01:33:53Z")
Also said the perp had a previous warrant out for him. So at any rate, not someone you’d want to give a ride to after midnight or after 9 in the morning for that matter.