Rampant carjackings in Quezon City [merged]

**Monseratto** · September 10th, 2005 08:55 AM

By Ramon Tulfo
Inquirer News Service

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS of carjackings in Quezon City recently, and yet these have not been reported in the news.

Neither have the Quezon City police and the Traffic Management Group (TMG) done anything about it.

It seems the local police and TMG's "Task Force Limbas" are sleeping on their job.

Carjacking is the forcible taking of a car from its driver by armed men who stop the car on a deserted road during the late hours.
It is different from "carnapping" or car theft in that in the latter, the vehicle is either parked or without a driver.

The carjackings take place at the Quezon Avenue underpass, crossing EDSA (at least three incidents); Quezon Ave. near Banawe (at least two incidents); dark streets in the areas around Morato and West Triangle; some parts of EDSA and Commonwealth or Don Mariano Marcos Avenue.

Other favorite hunting grounds of carjackers are the flyover from Libis going to Katipunan, and the underpass tunnel connected to the flyover.

Many carjackings have taken place in other parts of Metro Manila, especially Pasig, but it seems Quezon City is the epicenter of these incidents.

Carjackings take place between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., when there are few vehicles on the road, but some incidents are known to have occurred even earlier.

The victims: A priest, some businessmen, a money changer, a couple with a daughter (whose father was roughed up in front of mother and daughter), and another couple.

Usually, late model cars are the targets even if they are not so expensive.

But high-end or luxury cars seem to be the favorite of carjackers, like BMW, Accord and Prado.

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Many years ago, while I still didn't have a driver, I nearly became a victim of a carjacking on Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. Two cars sandwiched my car, a Nissan California, and tried to force me into curb at about 2 a.m. But I was quick to get out of the car.

As I got out, I took a shot at the car in front of me and fired a second shot at the car behind me.

Taken by surprise, the two cars, which had at least two passengers each, sped away.

Will the Quezon City police and the TMG please wake up?

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**OTEP** · September 10th, 2005 11:25 PM

Si Odell sa QC nadale as well as yung mga med students namin (Timog area).

**BoEinG_747** · September 10th, 2005 11:39 PM

timog at morato ...dami ko din naririnig diyan ..

gimikan kasi diyan siempre pag lasing na mas madali takutin

or hindi makakaisip ng paraan ang driver dala ng nasindak agad

**mikey177** · September 11th, 2005 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Many years ago, while I still didn't have a driver, I nearly became a victim of a carjacking on Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. Two cars sandwiched my car, a Nissan California, and tried to force me into curb at about 2 a.m. But I was quick to get out of the car.

As I got out, I took a shot at the car in front of me and fired a second shot at the car behind me.

Taken by surprise, the two cars, which had at least two passengers each, sped away.

I wish more drivers would respond this quickly and decisively when faced with criminal scum. Dapat yung mga magnanakaw naman ang masindak sa mga law-abiding citizens!

**wilcats** · September 11th, 2005 12:27 AM

nako Morato... favorit yan.. pati sa katipunan!! grabe mga carjacking jan... make sure na safe plagi parking nyo guys

**odell** · September 11th, 2005 02:32 AM

sa kaibigan ko sa wilson. labas pa ng bahay nila

**bender** · September 11th, 2005 02:42 AM

the problem is that incidents like this should have been reported earlier. by not doing so, it encourages these criminals to even be more bold and also spawns imitation by copycats. Also, there is a tendency by victims to just let it go since they have insurance. the problem is that in the long term, such incidents drive up the price of premiums.

**morrissey_05** · September 11th, 2005 02:58 PM

last I checked, the QC has the highest carjack rate among all cities and municipalities in Metro Manila. Around 3 cars are stolen everyday. 80 percent of these incidents occur in the Timog-Morato area.

Reason: lots of fancy cars, alang masyado nagbabantay, and patrons of bars in the area have to park some distance from the establishment.

So guys be careful where you park your cars in this area.

**fakesaint** · September 11th, 2005 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

By Ramon Tulfo
Inquirer News Service

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Many years ago, while I still didn't have a driver, I nearly became a victim of a carjacking on Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. Two cars sandwiched my car, a Nissan California, and tried to force me into curb at about 2 a.m. But I was quick to get out of the car.

As I got out, I took a shot at the car in front of me and fired a second shot at the car behind me.

Taken by surprise, the two cars, which had at least two passengers each, sped away.

Will the Quezon City police and the TMG please wake up?

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many years ago pa yan, kung ngayon cgro nila matyempuhan itong tulfo, ubos sila sa dami ng bodyguard nya....

**wac3** · September 13th, 2005 08:14 PM

my aunt's toyota revo was carjacked near roosevelt two days before this article came out. grabe na talaga ang carjacking sa qc. when my aunt went to kamp karingal, she saw a pile of 30-40 reports of hijacking stacked on the officer's desk. he said that it was only for one day. imagine, one day lang ganun na kadami na carjack? WTF??!! it means that the police are also behind this.