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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by megareal: 10:29am On Jun 16, 2016
themosthigh:


This method is for pussiys....the best thing to do is to look for a close and drive in untill you get to the end of the street..make sure it is an isolated one...of they are still following you using reverse mode..quickly jam the care from the front or better still side to disarm and confuse the intruders..then pistol in hand come out and quickly shoot the driver and other occupants of the vehicle..head or chest shot is better..one the are dead,take their phones and wallet to track their senders and set the care on fir while driving away fast and smoking a cigarette...get a cool beer afterwards cool


U dey act film ni. grin

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by kajoula(m): 10:32am On Jun 16, 2016
AutosBay:

If any of these techniques lead you to believe you're being followed, call the police.

This is Naija oo.....Police ke ?
they won't answer you....saying "who wan chest bullet for you"

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by geraldmartins(m): 10:34am On Jun 16, 2016
Naijageak:
this info is good, but you didn't specified the police we should called. Nigerian police or US police?

to me I say run for your life, if possible speed to someone house, park like you are a visitor and jump through the fence for your life first ... Hahahaha, just my opinion oh

best solution so far
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by HomeOfMe(f): 10:37am On Jun 16, 2016
BTT:
Thank you.

However, I don't agree with parking in the middle of nowhere. That may be ok elsewhere but with ruthless Nigerian criminals.

Run. Run. And run.

One night sometime last year, I suspected a Matrix was following me on Ikorodu Rd, I climbed Anthony bridge and crossed to the other side. It did. I gunned on to the expressway and back to the service lane. It did. I turned off into Shyllon in Palmgroove. It did. I switched off my lights and refused to press the brakes, I was using the handbrake instead.

I drove into a primary school parking lot and parked smartly facing a gated street. The Matrix zoomed pass and stopped about a 100m away.

My phone kept ringing in my pocket. Thank God it was in my pocket. I locked up the car and ran to the gateman. Without asking, I entered and told the man that I think some people were following me. He asked me to wait behind a building. After some time, he came to me and guided me through the street's alternate gate, and how I could walk back to my car. I picked my phone and it was one of my chairmen. He said 'BTT you are a criminal! I was tailing you, but you somehow beat me to it. Now I have to find my way back home. Abeg come make we go joor'
Lol! Wow!
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by canDy4eva(f): 10:38am On Jun 16, 2016
maximunimpact:
who should i call when someone is following (stocking) me on nairaland?
call Seun or Lala... grin

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by LONIC: 10:38am On Jun 16, 2016
arocute:
Same stuff happened to me 2 years ago. Was taking my wife senior brother to the airport with his family. We were driving an Honda Odyssey full option 2003 and I say the vehicle was full and the kids were watching cartoon with roof DVD system. I was not to comfortable with it because it made the car more flashy and it was at night about 9pm and to compound the story the car was using a dealers plate and was only at the front, in short it was a tokunbo not registered. We where leaving ikorodu town and some where around Asolo I noticed an Honda baby boy following. To be very sure I increased my speed they also did, take God the road was free so I continued, at a point they tried overtaking me I blocked them but one thing I tried not to do was not to tell everyone in the car what was happening.we continued the Tom and Jerry chase as we approach Mile 12 bridge I was going up they took down so I thought they were turning back or going into Mile 12 or Ajelogo but to my surprise they came out right beside me after descending the bridge then they brought out their head saying flat tire flat tire park park, my wife brother wind down his widow to say thanks and told to pack so we could check.this was at mile 12 instantly the four tire stated wobbling, I told him I am not stopping even if the rims are left I will keep moving I increased my speed again and as we approach ketu I took the service lane headed for ketu police station as they noticed this they zoomed off. I parked to check the tire they were all in good shape. Got in back and continued our journey it was at this time I told them what was happening.
yea bro.. nice brain stuff.. if d flat Tyre is so obvious.. you will knw it yourself.. as d steering will become heavier or d car will seem to be pulling to the side of the flat Tyre.. d drive will even become rough somehow
dunno if dat is peculiar to me alone.. buh some way, some how, I will know without seeing it.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by hardbody: 10:44am On Jun 16, 2016
If u follow me, i lose you, that simple. Anything I drive is on steroid and i am lunatic on the steering ....

If you dare, i crash you, either into a gully, an oncoming vehicle or a stationery object.

And that includes the police
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Israellb(m): 10:48am On Jun 16, 2016
Police or weytin u talk? For 9ja?? U OYO bro

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by LONIC: 10:51am On Jun 16, 2016
Humulity:
Good one.

My expereince in Enugu - 2013.

Was coming back from work around betwen 6pm and 7pm. Already on the street after passing thru a bat spot where cars had to pass turn by turn; I noticed a yellow mistbushi L300 bus (two men inside) behind me which i did not take as anything. However, after taking a turn the bus was still behind me ; moving fast when I do and slowing down when I do. I was I bit curious beause commercial buses don't ply this route. On getting to four road junction. I decided to take left turn against going straight, as I took left they also took left. Immediatly I confirmed am being followed.
I decided to shake them off or seek for help, cos I was alarmed. I increased speed and created a a good gap between us. As I get to the T junction, I slowed down and waited as if waiting for traffic to clear, immediatly I sighted them from my side mirror and making sure they saw me, I took left turn very fast and switch to slow movement again, within 20 seeconds they are taking same left turn on a fast move. Simutaneously on another fast move I took another closeby left turn and stopped abruptly at the middle of the road. As they made to take same turn they saw me not moving and instantly they stopped. Now it was obvious to them that I know they were following me. I saw their faces from my mirror though I cannot recognise them.
As I started moving again they now kept going straight I moved very fast as take another left turn and with 1.5 mins I have parked in my compound. I quickly changed putting on short as I was walking up to the junction I saw same vehicle moving on faster pace. i just smiled and went back relieved that atleast they don't know my house.
in my own opinion though.. it sounds unreal.. sounds like one of those stories we tell to make the shallow thinkers pull up their thumbs for us... sorry bro.. not this time.. u ain't getin any word lyk; BADDO.. BAD GUY.. SHARP GUY... frm me at least.. until u learn how to just scroll away when you don't av any real experience to share.
sorry bro.. I cut ur wings.. like dat of d  Gallus gallus domesticus I ate last night..
jajajajajajajaja..
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by alaskido(m): 10:54am On Jun 16, 2016
Let me give you a short story when I was in WARRI. I was travelling to see my uncle who is a lawyer residing at UGEHLI. I left WARRI and on my way I noticed a car following me as I left my house at Walter Odili street, off oilfield road. I kept looking at my rear view mirror and this car was on my tail. When I got to Agbaro, I packed to buy kola nut from a road side hawker just to see if the car will stop behind. They did stop and one of the passengers came down and was walking towards my car. I sped off immediately and on getting to a police check point before Ugehli. I stopped to alert the Police that I was being followed by armed robbers. Do you know what happened, the Policemen took off in their police van leaving me on the road. I entered my car and sped off like the devil was after me.

So you see, you cannot rely on the Nigerian Police.

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by hardbody: 10:55am On Jun 16, 2016
doskie:
you sound too sure. Trust me : people who come looking for you to the extent of holding a gun are usually very smart people. They know how to do things that stupefy average logic and expectation. Why do you honestly believe a straight shot at the driver's seat on a highway will be cool on you.

Except they are carrying a magnum
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Cocoyamu: 10:57am On Jun 16, 2016
themosthigh:


This method is for pussiys....the best thing to do is to look for a close and drive in untill you get to the end of the street..make sure it is an isolated one...of they are still following you using reverse mode..quickly jam the care from the front or better still side to disarm and confuse the intruders..then pistol in hand come out and quickly shoot the driver and other occupants of the vehicle..head or chest shot is better..one the are dead,take their phones and wallet to track their senders and set the care on fir while driving away fast and smoking a cigarette...get a cool beer afterwards cool


Na movie you dey act abi?

Nor worry nah, dem nor dey tell pesin..

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by bejeria101(m): 11:02am On Jun 16, 2016
Its naija! You never knw when a car is following you.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Cocoyamu: 11:17am On Jun 16, 2016
henrydadon:
;DwOn a highway, you can use large semi-trucks to your advantage. Wait for the right moment to weave in front of a truck without enough room for your tail to follow, nor see you. When you are out of their vision, you can quickly get off at the next exit before they have time to do the same.

Na movie scene you dey describe so...

Real life driving no be Chuck Norris movie.

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Jakumo(m): 11:18am On Jun 16, 2016
Never, never, never allow your car to get forced to a stop, if you are being pursued by another vehicle. Never allow the chasing vehicle to get alongside you, because the car occupants will then be in a perfect position to open fire on you. Keep your foot hard on that gas pedal, while swerving smoothly left and right, to block ALL attempts by the pursuing vehicle to overtake your car, or worse still, to pull up alongside you. The credo of defensive driving is to KEEP YOUR WHEELS ROLLING at all costs, because it is when those wheels stop rolling that you run out of options, and wind up at the mercy of the bad guys, who generally have NO mercy to offer.

If your car is fitted with a nice powerful V8 engine, you will effortlessly dust and lose 99% of the cars plying Nigeria's highways, because even the rich in Nigeria prefer to fit their cars with tiny little lawn-mower engines, so as to save a few coins on the price of filling their gas tank, in keeping with a very foolish philosophy of frugality that can and does cost lives.

The object of staying alive in a car chase is to prevent the pursuer from overtaking you, or getting in position alongside the rear quarter-panel of your car, just behind of the rear wheels, for it is at that point that the pursuer can cause you to crash violently, by performing the PIT maneuver on you, as in the videos below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz41EyRzKA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGPra1HcxU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2AL9noylw


If, due to lack of horsepower, the pursuing car does pull up alongside you, slam your brakes to fall in behind them, and then move in QUICK to perform your own PIT maneuver, which, if executed at high speed, WILL ensure that the target car crashes spectacularly, possibly killing all the criminal occupants aboard in gory fashion, thus sending them off to hell, where they are overdue anyway.

Study the above videos, and carefully note the precise position at which to impact the car in front of you. Good luck and take care out there on Nigeria's means streets and deadly highways. By the way, I speak with the authority that comes with personal experience, as a survivor of two hot car pursuits in Nigeria, with one occurring in the dead of night, where God was the sole witness.

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Nobody: 11:21am On Jun 16, 2016
Op the concluding part is confusing, starting from the surveillance
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Nobody: 11:31am On Jun 16, 2016
themosthigh:


This method is for pussiys....the best thing to do is to look for a close and drive in untill you get to the end of the street..make sure it is an isolated one...of they are still following you using reverse mode..quickly jam the care from the front or better still side to disarm and confuse the intruders..then pistol in hand come out and quickly shoot the driver and other occupants of the vehicle..head or chest shot is better..one the are dead,take their phones and wallet to track their senders and set the care on fir while driving away fast and smoking a cigarette...get a cool beer afterwards cool



Too much Hollywood angry
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by ifuckchics(m): 11:52am On Jun 16, 2016
Best thing is; drive straight into the nearest police station!
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by sylvez(m): 11:58am On Jun 16, 2016
AutosBay:
Make four right or left turns. It's unlikely anyone will also be traveling in a complete circle, so if the car is still behind you after 360 degrees you can be fairly certain you are being followed.
If you're on the highway, get off and then back on. Again, this is something most people will not do when driving so you're likely being followed if a car is still behind you when you get back on the highway. If this happens, pull over to the side of the highway. If you're being followed by a surveillance team, they will not pull over because it's too obvious. They may, however, wait at the next exit so if you want to lose them don't choose the next exit or the exit that you usually take.

If any of these techniques lead you to believe you're being followed, call the police.

http://lifehacker.com/5887204/what-you-should-do-if-you-suspect-a-car-is-following-you
CALL WHICH POLICE ? NPF?
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by doskie(m): 11:58am On Jun 16, 2016
hardbody:


Except they are carrying a magnum
you are either very young or naive.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Brainy007: 12:04pm On Jun 16, 2016
doskie:
you sound too sure. Trust me : people who come looking for you to the extent of holding a gun are usually very smart people. They know how to do things that stupefy average logic and expectation. Why do you honestly believe a straight shot at the driver's seat on a highway will be cool on you.
I won't be driving on a straight line na haba

And am also a crazy, skillful but sane driver believe me
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by hardbody: 12:22pm On Jun 16, 2016
doskie:
you are either very young or naive.

I am naively young but i am wise enough to know that magnum penetrates deepest and the speed of bullet is next to light.

Am I making sense wise old man?
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by comeandmarry: 12:32pm On Jun 16, 2016
Sounds very much unrealistic, we need to face the realities of life.why should the public be misled..is this yhe kind of false information we should all be dwelling on.
Smh
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by comeandmarry: 12:37pm On Jun 16, 2016
This chairman dey play asphalt 8 airbone,with need for speed Street pro on phone and ps3 the skills are damn to sweet cause the roads on the game is damn too smooth.
Dont try such on naija roads,from pot holes to driving against traffic, niggi youd be long dead before help comes your way.



Jakumo:
Never, never, never allow your car to get forced to a stop, if you are being pursued by another vehicle. Never allow the chasing vehicle to get alongside you, because the car occupants will then be in a perfect position to open fire on you. Keep your foot hard on that gas pedal, while swerving smoothly left and right, to block ALL attempts by the pursuing vehicle to overtake your car, or worse still, to pull up alongside you. The credo of defensive driving is to KEEP YOUR WHEELS ROLLING at all costs, because it is when those wheels stop rolling that you run out of options, and wind up at the mercy of the bad guys, who generally have NO mercy to offer.

If your car is fitted with a nice powerful V8 engine, you will effortlessly dust and lose 99% of the cars plying Nigeria's highways, because even the rich in Nigeria prefer to fit their cars with tiny little lawn-mower engines, so as to save a few coins on the price of filling their gas tank, in keeping with a very foolish philosophy of frugality that can and does cost lives.

The object of staying alive in a car chase is to prevent the pursuer from overtaking you, or getting in position alongside the rear quarter-panel of your car, just behind of the rear wheels, for it is at that point that the pursuer can cause you to crash violently, by performing the PIT maneuver on you, as in the videos below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz41EyRzKA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGPra1HcxU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2AL9noylw


If, due to lack of horsepower, the pursuing car does pull up alongside you, slam your brakes to fall in behind them, and then move in QUICK to perform your own PIT maneuver, which, if executed at high speed, WILL ensure that the target car crashes spectacularly, possibly killing all the criminal occupants aboard in gory fashion, thus sending them off to hell, where they are overdue anyway.

Study the above videos, and carefully note the precise position at which to impact the car in front of you. Good luck and take care out there on Nigeria's means streets and deadly highways. By the way, I speak with the authority that comes with personal experience, as a survivor of two hot car pursuits in Nigeria, with one occurring in the dead of night, where God was the sole witness.



Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by doskie(m): 12:58pm On Jun 16, 2016
Brainy007:

I won't be driving on a straight line na haba

And am also a crazy, skillful but sane driver believe me
from the seat of a person who has handled guns for over 11years, i put it to you that no matter how skillful you are as a driver, you cannot run from a gunman if he intends to kill you. There's something called rapid fire. You will be the one to drive into my shells. I'll position the gun in only one direction and with your sub urban swerving and driving you will get knocked out in a jiffy.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by doskie(m): 1:07pm On Jun 16, 2016
hardbody:


I am naively young but i am wise enough to know that magnum penetrates deepest and the speed of bullet is next to light.

Am I making sense wise old man?

when your mum was still feeding you with bread and tea, i was out there in the wild striping and assembling rifles. Don't teach me about guns. I have handled guns more often than you have used spoons and biros.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by hardbody: 1:12pm On Jun 16, 2016
doskie:
when your mum was still feeding you with bread and tea, i was out there in the wild striping and assembling rifles. Don't teach me about guns. I have handled guns more often than you have used spoons and biros.

Chai. I am quaking and shivering already......

Sir, are you an amu robber or a hunter?

Do you kill buffaloes or flying birds?

I so love NL........

Everyman is macho behind their chatting gadgets.

My friend, be warned.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by LONIC: 1:29pm On Jun 16, 2016
hmm.. doskie.. understand d fact dat Dis is a public thingy.. u shldnt force ur opinion down d throat of others.
Dis topic shldnt contrive any form of hullabaloo.
jst saying though.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by cmon(m): 1:56pm On Jun 16, 2016
It depends on the reason why you're being followed. Now imagine they are assassins and the last right turn is a close.... See Gobe...
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by kolaish(m): 1:59pm On Jun 16, 2016
AutosBay:
Make four right or left turns. It's unlikely anyone will also be traveling in a complete circle, so if the car is still behind you after 360 degrees you can be fairly certain you are being followed.
If you're on the highway, get off and then back on. Again, this is something most people will not do when driving so you're likely being followed if a car is still behind you when you get back on the highway. If this happens, pull over to the side of the highway. If you're being followed by a surveillance team, they will not pull over because it's too obvious. They may, however, wait at the next exit so if you want to lose them don't choose the next exit or the exit that you usually take.

If any of these techniques lead you to believe you're being followed, call the police.

http://lifehacker.com/5887204/what-you-should-do-if-you-suspect-a-car-is-following-you
CALL WHICH POLICE? ARE U TALKING OF NIGERIAN POLICE, IF YES, THEN U ARE ON YOUR OWN.

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Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Ubachinwe1(m): 2:13pm On Jun 16, 2016
Fundango:
the best solution so far.grin

Nigeria is military, we've gotta be soldiers.
Re: What You Should Do If You Suspect A Car Is Following You by Jakumo(m): 3:06pm On Jun 16, 2016
comeandmarry:

This chairman dey play asphalt 8 airbone,with need for speed Street pro on phone and ps3 the skills are damn to sweet cause the roads on the game is damn too smooth.
Dont try such on naija roads,from pot holes to driving against traffic, niggi youd be long dead before help comes your way.


Ha ha sounds like you got it all figured out, so good for you ha ha.

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