We have received a warning from the London Ambulance Service of activities in their area. Whilst the below behaviour is not common place in our area I have spoken with Greater Manchester Police and their risk assessment of the action is to circulate it as a potential' The London Ambulance service have units closely associated with the Police based in South London who are basically Fighting Gang Crimes.
The 'street gangs' in London (particularly South London at present, but it is sure to spread) have initiation tasks which new gang members have to carry out to be admitted to the 'gang'. The latest craze is to drive around, deliberately with no lights on their cars. The first person who 'flashes' them, points at them or sounds their horn at them, has to be followed by that new gang member in their car, who then has to fire a shot into that vehicle with no regard as to who is inside.
Our official instruction is that if we see a vehicle with no lights on, we are NOT to 'flash.
2007-11-26 04:50:06 · 13 answers · asked by Dee L 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
A brill urban legend!
Pity it's not true..I'd fancy the challenge......I'd just drive down to Salford precinct!
2007-11-26 05:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by AdelleStevens 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Good old Urban Myths
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp
It's a hoax mate
London Ambulance have even put a denial up on their web-site!
In 2004 the hoax jumped to Britain and through some form of garbling came to be associated with the London Ambulance Service. In widely-circulated alerts, it was claimed gangs in London were initiating new members into their ranks via having them prove their mettle by shooting at whichever motorist blinked his headlights at them. Further, many of the asserted the warning has been "received and authenticated by the Metropolitan Police Intelligence Unit."
The London Ambulance Service posted this http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/talkingtous/contact.html
HOAX E-MAIL
An e-mail purported to have been issued by the London Ambulance Service on the subject of the police and gang crimes has been widely circulated in recent days.
This originated from outside the Service and was forwarded by a member of staff to friends in good faith. Please be assured, however, that we have checked with the Metropolitan Police Service and the information contained within it is not genuine, so the message can be safely deleted.
2007-11-26 04:54:56 · answer #2 · answered by Kieran B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hoax!
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp
Whenever your receive anything like this a quick google or visit to Snopes or hoaxbusters will help you sort real from fake. It might also be worth seeing if your local police force has an update system where should anything like this actually occur you receive an email about it to warn you.
2007-11-26 04:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by Rich B 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'd almost guarantee that's not real. Many communities (and at least two nations -- I'm in the US) have heard that story before, and it hasn't been true.
I'd imagine they're erring on the side of caution.
2007-11-26 05:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by CrazyChick 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful rumor, with no basis in fact. This same hoax was in the USA a while ago!
2007-11-26 04:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by fire4511 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Kieran is right. Beat me to the punch with snopes.com
It is not true. Send that link to your employeer that sent out that warning so that they know it is not true and that they are sending out false information to their employees.
2007-11-26 04:57:01 · answer #6 · answered by Howie 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Go and rent the movie "Urban Legend" (released 9 years ago) - it's all in there...
2007-11-26 05:16:47 · answer #7 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard of that several times. I have never known it to be true.
2007-11-26 04:58:40 · answer #8 · answered by bflat20 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That old chestnut.............. doing the rounds for ages, not one single incident of this nature has been recorded.
2007-11-26 04:58:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Urban legend...
2007-11-26 05:00:12 · answer #10 · answered by ajfrederick9867 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋