Warning to those in the east midlands

[davidlandy]

Unbelievable, but scary if its true  :shock:

regards  Dave
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 This information has been verified by the police as happening in
> NOTTINGHAMSHIRE  - at the moment.  Lets hope it doesn't reach here!
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> POLICE WARNING - One of the officers who works with the Dare programme has
> passed along the following warning and asked that it be shared with all
> drivers.
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> THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MATTER
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> If you are driving after dark and you see a car without its headlights on
> DO NOT FLASH YOUR LIGHTS! DO NOT BLOW YOUR HORN OR MAKE ANY SIGNALS TO THE
> DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR.
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> There is a new common gang initiation 'game' going on the streets. The new
> member being initiated, drives along without his headlights on until
> someone notices and flashes their headlights or makes some sort of other
> action to signal him. The gang member is now required to CHASE THE CAR AND
> SHOOT AT OR INTO THE CAR IN ORDER TO COMPLETE HIS  INITIATION
> REQUIREMENTS.
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> Make sure you share this information with your family, friends and anyone
> else you can reach. If you have any questions or information, please call
> your local police department.
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> PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO
> EVERYONE YOU KNOW ON E-MAIL AND IN PERSON. IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE!
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[orlando]

Sorry - its a load of old cobblers.

Has been floating round the ether for a few months now, along with the "ether perfume" chain letter.

If it's got "This is not a joke" on it, that usually translates to "Boswellox, its a chain letter"

However THIS is a little more scary

[strapping young lad]

dont think its clever putting those kind of notices about with people with no lights on

be interesting to see if the car it came up to was a copper!

[Wanderer]

The worry with these hoaxes is that some thug picks up on them and they start really doing it.
It has it's origins in the States from quite a few years back.
I had one supposedly from the London Ambulance Service.

Ed

[davidlandy]

this was being circulated around our business by the HR dept .  

i have asked them to contact the police to check its validity - strangely no answers as yet!

[Wanderer]

Hi Dave,
The one I had from someone high up in those circles and they'd been caught out. It is plausible.
It would be a big problem if they really did start doing it.

Ed

[Tony W]

this is serious

i am going to have to do somthing drastic about this
http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=279&Overide=1

[Moose]

Tony,

They use those in Wolverhampton as Taxi's   :D  :lol:  :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

We've had this in the department as well.
Keep meaning to show the Traffic Officers who come in if they can verify any authenticity

[Wanderer]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightout.asp

has some info.

Ed