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Not really sure I want to carry on with this!
The burgundy car parked one space away from the red car & the young girl got out and dropped her money in the space between the two cars. At first she was picking money up from the front side of the burgundy car but then she turned around and bent down to the back side of the red car. The older woman was standing at the back of the red car & the guy was standing at the front with the girl in between them. This at first did not make me think she was doing anything to the tyre. The girl & the man then changed places & he was crouched down by the back tyre, and still I didn't think anything of it. They then switched again & it was at this point that I thought somethings not right and I was watching them intently. The young girl was down by the driverside rear tyre, the older woman was standing in front of her facing the garage and the guy was behind her facing the restaurant & it looked to me as if they were shielding her. The guy saw us watching them & they all got back in the car and drove away. At this stage we knew they had been at the tyre & our first thought was that the red car had pissed off the burgundy car on the motorway. The b car had moved to the other side of the car park & none of the occupants got out. I asked hubby why would you do somebodys tyre & then hang around, surely it would make more sense to bugger off straight away but it still didn't enter our heads that we were watching anything other than a nasty prank, for want of a better word! It was only as the r car drove off and then the b car set off that hubby thought it could be a POTENTIAL robbery.
When we passed the cars in the layby, we saw the r car occupants out of their vehicle with all doors & boot open and they were both at the back of the car along with the guy from the b car. Hubby said to me that they would be ok as there were a few lorries in the layby, but my response to that was most women passengers put their bags in the footwell & you wouldn't pick it up to get out and help hubby change the tyre, so that is a very easy target, but no doubt that is just my imagination working overtime again!!
I have added below an excerpt from an internet article that I found the next day when I was googling AP1 highway robberies.
A British Embassy spokesperson said: “The classic way in which it seems people are being robbed at the moment is that they stop at a service station where a tyre is slashed.”“They head back on down the motorway, the tyre goes flat, they pull in and somebody else pulls in just in front of them, pretending to be helpful. While they are distracted by changing the tyre, somebody else is robbing the car,” he added
This incident, regardless of what we thought we saw, has certainly made us more aware & we will now always check our tyres when we have stopped & left the van for any amount of time.
And now I must go as I have a date with my granddaughter for the first time in 12weeks, Skype just isn't the same.
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Not really sure I want to carry on with this!
The burgundy car parked one space away from the red car & the young girl got out and dropped her money in the space between the two cars. At first she was picking money up from the front side of the burgundy car but then she turned around and bent down to the back side of the red car. The older woman was standing at the back of the red car & the guy was standing at the front with the girl in between them. This at first did not make me think she was doing anything to the tyre. The girl & the man then changed places & he was crouched down by the back tyre, and still I didn't think anything of it. They then switched again & it was at this point that I thought somethings not right and I was watching them intently. The young girl was down by the driverside rear tyre, the older woman was standing in front of her facing the garage and the guy was behind her facing the restaurant & it looked to me as if they were shielding her. The guy saw us watching them & they all got back in the car and drove away. At this stage we knew they had been at the tyre & our first thought was that the red car had pissed off the burgundy car on the motorway. The b car had moved to the other side of the car park & none of the occupants got out. I asked hubby why would you do somebodys tyre & then hang around, surely it would make more sense to bugger off straight away but it still didn't enter our heads that we were watching anything other than a nasty prank, for want of a better word! It was only as the r car drove off and then the b car set off that hubby thought it could be a POTENTIAL robbery.
When we passed the cars in the layby, we saw the r car occupants out of their vehicle with all doors & boot open and they were both at the back of the car along with the guy from the b car. Hubby said to me that they would be ok as there were a few lorries in the layby, but my response to that was most women passengers put their bags in the footwell & you wouldn't pick it up to get out and help hubby change the tyre, so that is a very easy target, but no doubt that is just my imagination working overtime again!!
I have added below an excerpt from an internet article that I found the next day when I was googling AP1 highway robberies.
[HI]A British Embassy spokesperson said: “The classic way in which it seems people are being robbed at the moment is that they stop at a service station where a tyre is slashed.”“They head back on down the motorway, the tyre goes flat, they pull in and somebody else pulls in just in front of them, pretending to be helpful. While they are distracted by changing the tyre, somebody else is robbing the car,” he added
This incident, regardless of what we thought we saw, has certainly made us more aware & we will now always check our tyres when we have stopped & left the van for any amount of time.[/HI]
And now I must go as I have a date with my granddaughter for the first time in 12weeks, Skype just isn't the same.
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Jackie, again you have posted incorrect FACTS I have highlighted your quote which is dated: July 30, 2012 in many "google" and "other search engines" but the way you have wrote your reply it looks like the reference is to your incident !!!!!!!
THERE IS NO RECORDED ROBBERY on AP1 that comes up on any search engine........ in the past 28 days. I have emailed my brother who is in the police and asked if he can get a EU theft report in or around the AP1 and await his reply.
As I stated I thanked you for your original post correct or not, but now your quoting very old news.
I didn't read it as referencing any particular incident. Rather that during an internet search she discovered that it does happen confirming she was right to be suspicious. And, that news relates to incidents last summer so not that old.
It happens. Telling people it doesn't is IMO as irresponsible as scaremongering. However it's a fine balance to get right, to inform people, giving them enough information to heighten their awareness, (which is the only defence we have) but at the same time explain that the chance of anything happening is so very, very low so not to be deterred.
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Jim at no point have told anyone it does not happen nor would I EVER say that. News that is one day is old news ( never mind over a year ago ) and as I stated I have "googled" for 45 minutes to find reference to robbery ( In a Car/MH/Caravan ) in France, Spain or Germany and found nothing.
I have also clearly stated that I'm fully supportive of her post or any other members post about a robbery taking place and but it is purely HEAR SAY........ and NOT FACT.
In my old profession hear say got people killed in this hobby hear say only leads to worry....... that shortens lives.....
Jim, there is a a huge difference between "what she saw" and "what she thinks she saw"
A "reminder" I have no problems with, be it 1 day old or 1 year old.... as we all need reminding from time to time, however this was not a reminder!! she stated what she thinks she saw nothing more.
I'm now worried about this post/thread getting/turning into a slanging match, which I did not intend or want.
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In my friends case his wives handbag had all passports, credit cards and £1800 euros in cash so well worth it.Ok, we all know that this is happening, no dispute.:Sad:
But why the hell are they going to all this trouble when they could just knock some old woman over and take her handbag anytime they want without all this roaming about in cars and risking getting done themselves depending who they pick on, makes no sense to me at all.oh:
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In my friends case his wives handbag had all passports, credit cards and £1800 euros in cash so well worth it.
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In my friends case his wives handbag had all passports, credit cards and[HI] £1800 euros in cash[/HI] so well worth it.
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€1800 is a lot of money to carry in cash especially when travelling in a foreign country, never mind being robbed, what if you just misplace you bag.
We keep the passports, valuables and cards in a "safe" place when travelling, somewhere an opportunist thief is unlikely to find them , never even have the time required to find them.
I just have one card and a few Euros of cash in my front pocket.
Heaven forbid, but if we were robbed at least they will only get away with the minimum...
Is this happening more so in Spain or has there been such incidents reported in France?
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Ok, we all know that this is happening, no dispute.:Sad:
But why the hell are they going to all this trouble when they could just knock some old woman over and take her handbag anytime they want without all this roaming about in cars and risking getting done themselves depending who they pick on, makes no sense to me at all.oh:
Is this happening more so in Spain or has there been such incidents reported in France?
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