Copied from a forwarded email

[unij]

NEVER MIND PEOPLE ARE CREEPY LIARS

Solano County Sheriff's Department Alert - PLEASE READ!!!
 
   
        Thursday morning, I saw an infant car seat on the side of the road with a blanket draped over it.   I did not stop, even though I had all kinds of thoughts running through my head.  But when I got to my destination, I called the  PD and they were going to check it out.  This is what I was told...
      
       "Several things to be aware of  ... gangs and thieves, are now plotting different ways to get a person to "stop" their vehicle.
      
       "There is a gang initiation reported by the local police department that gangs are placing a car seat by the road...with a fake baby in it...waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the baby.   Note that the location of this car seat will usually be beside  a wooded or grassy (field) area ...and the person - woman - will be dragged into the woods- beaten and raped- usually left for dead.  DO NOT STOP.  DIAL 9-1-1  AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW!!! 
       
       "IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSHIELD.  DO NOT TURN ON YOUR WIPERS AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER ON ITBECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOMES MILKY AND YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE!!!!   YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF THIEVES.   THIS IS A   NEW  TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS.   PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.    THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES AND THESE UNSAVORY INDIVIDUALS WILL TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT."
      
       Please talk to your loved ones about this.  This is a new tactic used and I would hate for anyone to fall victim to this kind of crime.
      
       Please BE SAFE AND NEVER STOP YOUR VEHICLE

Comments

[ottering.livejournal.com]

It's good to be careful, of course, but these kind of chain-mailed tales are almost always made up. This exact e-mail is on snopes: http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp

[universejuice.livejournal.com]

Oh =Oa well that's a relief I guess.

[ottering.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's kind of a fucked up e-mail. I don't know who thinks up these things.

[katiebalatie.livejournal.com]

Wait-oh. Well, yes, good to be careful anyway. I'm NOT SORRY.