Someone tried to steal my car now I'm worried

Tropez

yvonne13 wrote: »

That's the thing he wasn't driving the car, he had opened the door and took the handbrake off and put it in reverse rolling it down the street.

I thought it was a young man but when I saw his face he was a middle aged man. I didn't know if he had a weapon and I had to act fast.

The truth is though that you knew the police were already on their way.

It isn't a wise move to attack somebody from behind - firstly, because the police will consider it assault - not self defence, and secondly because if that person is indeed armed, then they're more likely to use their weapon. The majority of thieves who possess weapons use them to intimidate, not to wound, but once you attack someone you significantly increase your chances of falling victim to that weapon, especially if you surprise the person from behind as they're even more inclined to panic.

yvonne13_2

The only weapon I used was my right hand, I am so sad and worried.

arbroath_lass

Tropez wrote: »

The truth is though that you knew the police were already on their way.
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:rotfl:Yes, because you can always rely on the Police to turn up when they say they will.

Well done OP - can't believe the Police (well actually I can, sadly ). Hope there are no repercussions for you.

barbiedoll

yvonne13 wrote: »

As I looked there was only one lad so I jumped him from behind and slapped him around his head.

Good for you, pity you didn't get a chance to give him a kick up the backside too.

As for the thief suffering from "shock", well, now he knows how the OP feels after she saw her car being taken. Typical of the police to side with the so-called "victim", not that we would expect anything less. :mad:

Don't freak out, even if he did press charges, I doubt that you would be taken to court. You probably would suffer months of worry though, while the CPS dither about whether it's "in the public interest" to proceed, but they don't tend to bother with silly incidents like this. No-one got hurt, there were no weapons, it's not a big deal.

Out of interest, how hard did you hit him? A couple of slaps won't leave much of a bruise.

yvonne13_2

There was no bruise as far as I now, on a scale of 1 - 5 (5 being a good pounding) he got a 3.5. And his hair got a bit ruffed up

Tropez

arbroath_lass wrote: »

:rotfl:Yes, because you can always rely on the Police to turn up when they say they will.

Well done OP - can't believe the Police (well actually I can, sadly ). Hope there are no repercussions for you.

You're own prejudices about the police side, I take it that you advocate vigilantism and place insured property over your own welfare?

PinkKiwi

yvonne13 wrote: »

That's the thing he wasn't driving the car, he had opened the door and took the handbrake off and put it in reverse rolling it down the street.

I thought it was a young man but when I saw his face he was a middle aged man. I didn't know if he had a weapon and I had to act fast.

It looks like he was trying to get it to the bottom of the street so as not to make any noise and then drive it away without anyone noticing.

I hope this gets sorted for you, you must still be in shock too

arbroath_lass

Tropez wrote: »

You're own prejudices about the police side, I take it that you advocate vigilantism and place insured property over your own welfare?

The car insurance likely wouldn't have covered an unlocked vehicle though, would it?

And neither of us know what the loss of the vehicle would mean to the OP.

Tropez

arbroath_lass wrote: »

The car insurance likely wouldn't have covered an unlocked vehicle though, would it?

And neither of us know what the loss of the vehicle would mean to the OP.

What do you think a loss of life might mean to the OPs family though?

I've dealt with more police officers and more instances of crime and the aftermath of crime that I care to remember. A car is a thing, an object, and it can be replaced - a human life though simply can't and as I said in my post, you greatly improve the risk of falling victim to a weapon when you attack somebody, especially from behind. Heck, even without a weapon, some people are quite capable of severely injuring someone who attacks them. It was a silly thing for the OP to do especially as they knew the police were on their way and you can sarcastically laugh about that all you like, it was still a fact and they did show up quick enough to catch the OP assaulting someone, did they not?

Oh and some insurance policies do cover mistakes such as accidentally leaving a car unlocked, providing you don't have a history of doing that, simply because somebody still has to be able to start the car to steal it. Leaving the car unlocked and with the keys in the ignition however would be a problem.

arbroath_lass

Tropez wrote: »

What do you think a loss of life might mean to the OPs family though?

I've dealt with more police officers and more instances of crime and the aftermath of crime that I care to remember. A car is a thing, an object, and it can be replaced - a human life though simply can't and as I said in my post, you greatly improve the risk of falling victim to a weapon when you attack somebody, especially from behind. Heck, even without a weapon, some people are quite capable of severely injuring someone who attacks them. It was a silly thing for the OP to do especially as they knew the police were on their way and you can sarcastically laugh about that all you like, it was still a fact and they did show up quick enough to catch the OP assaulting someone, did they not?

Oh and some insurance policies do cover mistakes such as accidentally leaving a car unlocked, providing you don't have a history of doing that.

Fair enough. Thankfully this time nobody was hurt.