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Zombie
06-22-2007, 07:51 PM
let more crims be of this standard:laugh:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21949255-13762,00.html


Thieves steal car, can't drive it

June 22, 2007 11:45am
Article from: Reuters

TWO thieves failed to make their getaway in a car they had just stolen because they couldn't figure out how to use the manual transmission, a witness said.

The teenagers armed with a gun approached a man outside a pizza restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, in the United States.

They stole his wallet and the keys to his Honda Accord, got into the car but couldn't make it start because it had stick shift, according to John Williamson, 18, a restaurant employee.

"The kid was just sitting in the car trying to start it but he had no idea what to do. He looked dumbfounded. The only thing he had going was the radio," said Mr Williamson who witnessed the scene.

While the thief was trying to start the car, restaurant employees called the police who arrived and caught the teenagers as they tried to escape into nearby woods.

Unlike many parts of the world, the majority of cars in the United States are automatic and many drivers are unused to driving "stick shift" vehicles, in which a clutch pedal must be depressed to change gear.

Windhaven
06-22-2007, 08:18 PM
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

A lot of people can't drive a stick, but try and steal one when you can't drive it is classic. To not even know what a stick shift is though? That borders on the legendary!

David Argall
06-22-2007, 08:52 PM
Well, a lot of cars have what looks like a stick, which the driver can pretty much ignore. So our kids here could have just assumed it was a little different automatic, and once you start doing something stupid, it can be hard to realize it is stupid.

Windhaven
06-22-2007, 09:23 PM
and once you start doing something stupid, it can be hard to realize it is stupid
Speaking for yourself at last, David? You've just described most of your career on these forums. :)