Posted on 09/07/2023 2:44:51 PM PDT by lowbridge
Now comes a dashcam video from a taxi driver in Chile who narrowly escaped a robbery and carjacking late one night. The taxi driver’s response to the attempted attack looks to be virtually textbook perfect.
The incident began with the carjackers forcing their vehicle in front of the taxi driver at an exit (see photo at top).
The good guy exercised good personal defensive driving skills, maintaining a healthy separation from the vehicle in front of him. Notice his separation compared to the other drivers in both directions.
In this case, after intentionally hanging back from the vehicle in front of him, the victim saw four armed individuals emerge from the car in front of him after they tried to box him in to prevent his escape.
General George Patton once said that a decent plan violently executed right now is better than a perfect plan implemented next week.
Instead of submitting to the attack, he accelerated at three of the four attackers, grazing one as the others got out of the way. The taxi then careened past the carjackers’ ride and sped away…after a big sigh from the good guy driver.
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I hope he “nicked” at least two.
I hope he “nicked” at least two.
Exactly. He did get a door though. ;O)
In the 1980s, on interstate five in Pico Rivera, California, I came across a similar problem. I was in the far lane and a car came down an on-ramp and moved over across the lanes to be in front of me. Another car came on the freeway and came up beside the first car, at the same speed, with one lane between them. Suddenly the car in front of me slammed on the brakes. I figured this was going to be one of those things where I was supposed to rear-end the car in front of me, and they would sue me. So I sped up and shot right between the two cars and kept going. It was sometime after midnight when this happened and I was a woman driving alone at age 27 or so. I do not think I’m gifted with any great level of situational awareness, but I do have a heck of a guardian angel.
Just had a conversation with someone who visited Rio de Janeiro not long ago. Said the cabbie would put on a Club steering wheel lock at stop lights.
High security drivers always leave escape space between theirs and the car in front. They trust no one, especially that little old lady on a walker crossing the street in front of them, lol. They keep an eye on mirrors as much as what’s in front. One told me that when a car in front of him stopped short at a light, he realized that the car behind him wasn’t going to stop. So he veered off the road, and the car behind him crashed into the car that was in front of him.
Is a high security driver someone who drives a sensitive payload or passenger for a living?
Sorry for the ambiguous term: the guy I was referring to worked in security for passengers.
Unfortunately the last punk moved out of the way in time.
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