Where is Carjacking More Frequent?
Carjacking occurs more often on busy city streets than anywhere else, and in commercial areas. One would think that the more highly populated areas would put you less at risk, but not so with carjacking. Carjacking also occurs frequently during the daytime, unlike many other crimes. To lower your risk of being carjacked, be aware of your surroundings when getting in and out of your car in parking lots, at stores and shopping malls, gas stations, anywhere you park to go into a business or residence, and at drive-thru windows where your doors may be locked but your window is down, giving a carjacker easy access to you. Carjackings occur at intersections, too, when cars are stopped at red lights. Keep your car doors locked is one way to keep yourself safer from this crime. Carjackers will also often wait until you’re in a fairly remote location, then bump into your car with theirs. You should never pull over immediately in this situation. Motion for them to follow and then drive to a gas
