Another carjacking foiled by a stick shift vehicle in DC area

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In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, Marlo Dewing places her hand on the stick shift of the manual transmission of her 2012 Volkswagen GTI in Sacramento, Calif. Dewing prefers to drive a car with a manual transmission, and when she went shopping to replace her 22-year-old Mazda Miata, she had very few models to chose from. Only around 10 percent of vehicles made in North American now have manual transmissions, down from 35 percent in 1980. Dewing finally purchased the GTI that has a six-speed manual transmission. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Another carjacking foiled by a stick shift vehicle in DC area

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Amid the crime wave of carjackings in the Washington, D.C., area, another group of would-be thieves were foiled when they attempted to steal a Porsche on Sunday after realizing they couldn’t drive a stick shift.

This came after the group pistol-whipped a Bethesda, Maryland, man and stole his vehicle’s keys at gunpoint. The victim ran into a nearby business while the suspects discovered they could not operate the vehicle’s manual transmission.

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A similar incident happened in September when three men attempted to rob a man in Arlington, Virginia, but fled the scene when they discovered it was a manual transmission.

Previously, in March, a couple of teenagers attempted to carjack a driver at a gas station in Germantown, Maryland, but could not drive stick either.

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According to the Metropolitan Police Department, car thefts rose by 93% in 2023. As of Monday, there have been at least 6,317 cars stolen in 2023.

Only around 18% of American drivers reportedly can drive a manual transmission.

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