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>>hello sean, I was a teenage joyrider's passenger >during the 1990's.....as a girl in care we liked the >boys with fast cars, even if they weren't actualy >their own vehicles...ppl who stole cars, as far I >could gather, were young, white, working class lads, >most of which had been in YOI's or the care >system...the knowledge was gleaned from fellow >scallywags, and the more sophisticated wisdoms came >from boys who'd done bird for TWOC.. once in the cars >they were used to either-get home after a night >out..or take home swag from burgularies.., yet our >lads mainly stole em to show off, and have somewhere >to drop acid, although they did go out of town to >partkae of a few smash-n-grabs...I think that rather >than provoke the coppers into chasing u u had to "take >the chase",so to speak, because if the coppers grabbed >u u'd get a good kicking...we stole shitty motors, not >for speed, but for ease of access, and because if you >did happen to pull up next to PC Plod at the lights u >could at least pretend it was ur car...to get into a >car the best way was to bend the drivers door back,: >that way u could bend it bk into position once inside >and it didn't look as obvious to any fellow drivers >when stopped at the lights- often times once u'd >wrenched off the plastic from the steering column it >was a trial and error job to start em, often when >"hotwiring" the lights or horn or wipers would be >activated instead, and eventually they learnt to put a >yale key in the broken steering column so u could >stop/start vehicle...I was only nicked once, and took >b4 the court for TWOC and going equipped, but at 14 at >that time there was nothing they could do to juvies, >except put u in a "lock-up" (aka a secure >unit)...which never happened to me, >thankfully...mainly becuase I was one of the few who >went to school, which always looked good b4 the >"beak"..most of our wee gang ended up back in a YOI, >where they added to their criminal skills repetoire >with the most up-to-date info...I actually didn't find >it joyful, taking a chase from rabid coppers with a 17 >year old uninsured driver who'd dropped three tabs of >acid after we'd just screwed someone's house, but hey, >I never mentioned it, cos that wouldn't have been >cool...lol... thats probly no use to u, but hey, >them's the breaks..

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