carjacking
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As Carjacking or hijacking refers to the theft of a vehicle ( car ) under threat of violence in the presence of the owner.
The term carjacking was first coined in the 1990s by numerous well-known cases in Johannesburg , South Africa , in which vehicles were sometimes stolen from their owners at gunpoint.
Carjacking is largely insignificant in German-speaking countries, but it is a problem in other countries.
In carjacking, the occupants of a vehicle, mostly while waiting in front of a red light, but also in other situations, are forced by the perpetrators under threat of violence to leave their vehicle in order to leave it to the perpetrators. Weapons are often used here .
In affected areas there is therefore an ever greater need for special protection vehicles of resistance class B4. Many owners of high-quality vehicles in the affected regions try to protect themselves with questionable own designs. These include, among other things, “ flame throwers ” that are installed under the vehicle.
Particularly endangered traffic areas have been monitored and secured by the authorities since the phenomenon became known.