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Killbot_Wants_Hug t1_ix7a1cx wrote

Reply to comment by planetarylaw in Rammed at a four-way stop. Is this a thing now? by CommonGreatHornedOwl

We had bump and jacks here for a while. They'll rear end you and when you get out they'll steal your car (usually at gun point). Took them like a year but they busted enough people (mostly teens) that I haven't heard about it happening since pre-covid.

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planetarylaw t1_ix98y1e wrote

Bump and jacks, yes! I was trying to remember what they were called, I remembered bump and something. Yeah, they were very common in St. Louis a couple decades ago. I'm glad they got nipped in the bud here. I wish other crimes would be too.

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Killbot_Wants_Hug t1_ix99du0 wrote

Nipped in the bud might be a bit of an overstatement. More like it was happening for 2ish years and in the good neighborhoods as well so the police finally put together a task force and actually worked on the problem.

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