Thursday, July 17, 2003

I'm curious as to why there aren't more hijackings of car carriers. It seems like you could hook up with a driver at a small roadside diner and disable the tracking system and be on the road in no time at all. You could offload the cars on the side of the road somewhere... I'm guessing the cars probably don't have gas in them and the driver doesn't have the locks to unload the cars, but it still seems like quite the doable plan. Especially with those vinyl sided BMW carriers. You ditch the cab of the truck, check the trailer (and cars) for transmitters, affix new vinyl panels over the BMW logo, remove the distinctive rounded back ramp section, pull in your own cab, hook up and drive straight to the dock. Quickly transfer the cars to the standard stolen-car container, get your fee and be gone.

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