That’s why I always drive with my undies on my head, saves time, gives me more time to freak out.
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To be fair to the passenger, we do not know what their training is in such circumstances. Could be the driver was off playing Rambo while the other guy stayed with the load as he had been trained.
It’s a good idea to always keep a couple of “panic pairs” in the glovebox too, you just never know.
I keep telling the other half I need to cut out the roof of the Kluger so we can fit a 20mm up top for the sake of the children.
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Seen that video heaps of the weekend its gone viral! Taking the fight to them was pretty rad
May have been his only choice, tyres might have gone by the end.
I had a bit of a look around the internet and it seems the bad guys sped away after they stopped. Probably realised they were going to stand and fight and so bailed.
South Africa really is an odd country.
It makes a big difference when the target’s out of the big metal trap and able to freely manoeuvre and fight back so that’s when it’s time for the robbers to run. That’s why they try to trap the vehicle and rush the doors with the blokes still inside, no way they can fight their way out of the van when it’s surrounded at point blank, & that’s when the robbers get their payday. The driver was on the ball, run until you can’t anymore then get the hell out of the van to give yourself a fighting chance, the passenger needs to go get a job at McDonalds lol.
South Africa is an odd place, you just ignore red lights at night and only slow down a bit to check for cars then keep going and is completely legal. We drove through a fair bit of it without issue and only felt a little sketchy once but wasn’t too bad as we were in a 4wd and i had absolutely no issue with running people over, plus we weren’t in a van full of money.
My favourite part about SA is you just bribe your way out of speeding fines, after my first one it was like a game of hoping to get caught just so i could bribe them. Actually you can openly bribe your way out of most things there…gotta love it lol.
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I think it’s more than legal, it’s recommended.
That’s the spirit!
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Yep they were all just breathing speed humps waiting to happen lol, and you’re right not stopping is recommended, it was a funny feeling the first couple of times but after that it’s just the norm. Some places were completely fine, but others, hmm. I have to say i loved the guys at the traffic lights who you give a dollar and all the rubbish in your car and they get rid of it for you, great idea.
My Mrs spent several years over there when she was younger as a guide on those overland 4wd truck tours crossing Africa & SA, she managed to get the tourists safely through some dodgy places & corrupt boarder crossings day in day out.
What do you think happened when she was trying to get us to a couple of places… Yep completely lost in the sketchiest of towns as the sun disappears with a look on the locals faces that said something like “wow, what the hell are they doing here”.
Typical, you give the wife the map and… 
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Someone has posted some new dashcam footage of the incident. Driver really did try to run them down.
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Unfortunately this is a viral sensation, because I suspect this was that 0.001% fairy tail ending 
Not Ozzymans best work, but interesting to see the battle scarred Landcruiser at the end, it’s in good nick considering what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utCy8zi-jmA
Thats not a barrel obstruction! This is a barrel obstruction test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JV8PY4_b80
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Had to intervene in my neighbour’s domestic the other day.
Come home to hear a big blue in progress, male and female. The woman’s voice starts to sound choked so I thought I’d better have a squiz. Old mate is straddled on top of the female and is choking her. He stopped after I came in but this is the last straw. They’ve got to go.
Luckily they’re not the brightest sparks (surprise surprise) so they’ve been putting up videos of themselves using drugs, flashing knives etc on Instagram. All of their videos have been downloaded and sent off to people who might find them interesting. Back to jail you go, that’s where you belong.
Mate you did yourself an injustice. You should’ve let him choke her out then called the cops, she’d be in the ground and he’d be doing 15 years…Neighbour problem solved. 
The problem with just him going away is that she’ll no doubt find a similar type of winner to move in and it’ll start all over again.
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Hah yeah. I was annoyed at the noise the most. Old love came crying up to me thinking I was her saviour and I gave her a good earful as well. Told them I’d be happy if they killed each other but to be more quiet about it.
Been a bit tense since then but I’m watching them like a hawk.
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JSS goes up another peg.
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Cheers mate, give me a laptop and some wifi and i’ll solve the worlds problems in a fair & practical manner.
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