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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Car jacking is an EXTREMELY anti-social behavior. It's terrifying for the person being car jacked, who is not only having their mode of transportation stolen from, but generally is being threatened with their life. Car jacking among adults should be prosecuted and punished to the full ability of the law because it is the kind of crime that creates general fear in the community and can inhibit people's ability or willingness to go to work and engage in other commerce. It is really bad for communities. Car jacking among kids needs an aggressive deterrence program, where there are real consequences for the kids that do it, as well as ongoing education and messages in these communities to make sure kids understand these consequences AND understand how car jacking hurts not just the victims but also their neighbors and families, who become more fearful as car jacking becomes more common.[/quote]

So much this.  This is a very serious crime.

Carjacking is one step away from hijacking, it is about causing terror and terrorizing a community.  Carjacking always carries a threat to be maimed or killed.

Otherwise it would be car theft - bad enough, but not carjacking.

What carjacking is certainly NOT - it is NOT a harmless “unauthorized use of a vehicle”
I would call something unauthorized use of a vehicle, if my own underaged kid took our own car on our farm and drove around there without my permission and without ability to actually drive safely.  
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