street talk

Besides making coordination much easier, these cellphones really come in handy for passing on information about new M.O.'s that robbers and snatchers come up with. Here's a text message I got today from a friend, about the latest in carnapping strategies.

Please avoid passing the following streets at night as much as possible: Gilmore, Hemady in New Manila; Blue Ridge underpass of Katipunan. The carnappers will shine a flashlight on driver to force the car to stop then take your ATM card, credit card, jewelry and car. Take care and be alert all the time.

I believe the streets mentioned are dimly lit and don't experience a lot of traffic; the Blue Ridge underpass is a tunnel which takes quite a long time to negotiate, making it a convenient spot to trap motorists.