Watch Teens Attempt to Carjack Man, But Can't Drive Manual Transmission to Get Away

NBC 4 (Washington DC) ^ | 03/29/2023 | Gina Cook

[DFG]

Two teens who carjacked a man at a gas station in Germantown, Maryland were unable to drive away because they didn't know how to operate the car's manual transmission, police say.

A 16-year-old from Rockville and a 17-year-old from Washington, D.C. were arrested after the carjacking on Saturday at the Sunoco gas station on Frederick Road, Montgomery County police said.

A man had just finished pumping gas and was getting into his car when he saw the two teens running toward him, police said. The teens then forced his door open, grabbed him and demanded his keys, which he handed over to them.

When the teens got into the car, they didn't know how to operate the car's manual transmission, police said, so they got out of the car and ran off.

Soon after, officers saw them nearby and took them into custody after a brief chase on foot, police said.

Both teens were arrested and charged with one count of carjacking and one count of conspiracy carjacking, police said. They are in jail without bond.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Oh God help me I learned to drive with 3 on the tree. What a nightmare! 😆

[HeadOn]

Once in college, I walked out to the dorm parking lot where a half-dozen Middle-Eastern guys were shouting in Arabic at each other around their buddy’s car.

I walked up and asked if I could help. They couldn’t get it started and didn’t have cables. It was a Trans Am with a stick. I told them I knew how to start it. They were intrigued...

I told the guy to push the clutch and we pushed it out of the parking spot. I told him to put it in first gear, and turn the key on. He insisted it wouldn’t start. I told him to trust me. Then I got his buddies to push it up to speed and told him to pop the clutch. When the engine roared to life, they did the “we just shot down and enemy plane” dance...

[teeman8r]

i bought my first truck when i was three, did 100k miles on my knees.