Say you’re out on a leisurely drive, exploring the outskirts of the city…and you come across this:
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The sign is from South Africa, where apparently hijacking is still a serious issue.
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@Daniel – I’d say it’s too late if a guy is crawling into the back of your car with a machine gun… until then, you still have time to lock the doors and hit the gas!
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That’s why I keep a sign in my glove compartment that says “You are NOT here,” so when I’m carjacked, I can make him look at it and he’ll have to leave. It works in Haiti.
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Do you know where exactly is this sign? I’d like to avoid it when I’m in SA.
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@jen – looks like it in Johannesburg somewhere…that’s the best I could find. Hope you never see it!
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How bout they replace that sign with a cop or two…
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People warned me off from Joburg (not sure where in South Africa this is) but the fact that there is an official sign warning of it means where there is smoke, there is fire.
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Uh! Oh! Too late!
Thanks for letting me know about this. I would like to go to South Africa.
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If I remember correctly, the sign stood right here — http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=centurion+south+africa&ie=UTF8&ll=-25.839638,28.185537&spn=0.003037,0.005879&t=h&z=18
They’re pretty much all over certain places but it may have been (re)moved (or stolen) since.
This one http://home.arcor.de/hmvh/2002/097.htm wasn’t there the last time I looked for it, the hotspots obviously change.↵
