Security firm Fidelity Secure Drive has warned of an increase in hijackings in South Africa over the last year, with criminals using increasingly sophisticated methods such as the ‘tap tap’ trap to target motorists.
Wahl Bartmann, chief executive of the Fidelity Services Group, noted that between April 2021 to May 2022 the provinces of Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal recorded the largest proportions of hijacking incidents, with 231 incidents in Gauteng, followed by KZN with 186 reported incidents of hijackings.
He added that Thursdays and Fridays have shown the highest number of reported hijackings, with the highest number of reported incidents tending to take place between 06h00-09h00 and 18h00-24h00 during peak traffic times and where there is reduced visibility.One of the methods that hijackers are increasingly using to target motorists is the ‘tap tap’ trap.
Motorists should signal to the other driver to follow, and if it is not a legitimate accident, they will seldom do so, the group said.
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