4. Carjacker Can’t Drive Stick
Leaving one’s vehicle unattended invites trouble. This was the case in Omaha, Nebraska when one Melissa Peters was on her way to bring her son to school when she found a skinny teen with a gun pointed at her. She and her son fled to safety while the carjacker attempted to make off with her car.
Unfortunately for the careless carjacker, he couldn’t drive stick: the car had a manual transmission and this guy was going nowhere fast. After turning on the lights and honking the horn he managed to get the windshield wipers working. He fled on foot and was immediately apprehended a few blocks away. The good news for everyone is that the gun he had used to stick up Mrs. Peters was fake, so no weapons charge for him.
