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.
