Dramatic dashcam footage showing two security officers in an armored cash van in South Africa escaping an attempted ambush has captured the attention of millions of people around the world.
The three-minute YouTube video, which has more than 10 million views, shows driver Leo Prinsloo and his partner Lloyd Mtombeni calmly evading a gang of armed robbers on a highway in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 22.
Prinsloo is a former police sniper who is now a part-time private security escort, and Mtombeni told a local TV station that it was only his fourth day on the job. Both men survived the attack, and the criminals have not yet been caught, authorities said this week.
Insider spoke to Zika Rokita, the Managing Director of Nemesis Protection Global, a security company that provides security, intelligence, and crisis management services, to determine how he thinks the South African team performed.
Rokita praised the security team for managing to escape the attack unscathed and keeping the money safe in the process.
"Security is not about fighting. Security is about prevention," Rokita told Insider. "So your job is not to fight attackers. It's to try to get away while keeping your assets safe. And that is what they did."
Rokita was also impressed with Prinsloo's driving skills, adding that it is always important to stay in the vehicle for as long as possible when you're being attacked on the road. In the video, Prinsloo can be seen driving erratically, making u-turns, and at one point, even going in the opposite direction of the highway traffic.
"[Prinsloo] is using a technique called evasive and anti-ambush driving where you use different ramming techniques or tricky maneuvers to escape a situation," Rokita said. "But there is also obviously a risk to this because the car can get stuck."
"The only error the driver made here is that he stopped the car and went out at the end, which is risky. You should only get out of your vehicle only if the threat is no longer there," he added.
But Rokita also noticed that Mthombeni didn't seem prepared for the emergency.
"By looking at the video, the passenger is clearly a rookie since he should have called for back-up right after the first shot, so it shows a lack of proper emergency response and a failure in contingency planning. For high-risk security operations like this, there must be a response team that can be alerted to come and help you," he said.
Rokita adds that, in general, there appears to have been a "failure in the planning process," which is not the error of the driver or his partner. "It is clear the surveillance and threat assessment didn't provide any incident response team and also employed a guy who is still a rookie," he said.
Randomness Dos
Randomness Dos
Yikes
Randomness Dos
Wow. So calm
-
- Posts: 30606
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:53 am
- Location: I have four degrees and am a moron. Don’t let that fool you
Randomness Dos
Only grinded the gears once. I would have forgot the clutch existed
-
- Posts: 50577
- Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
- Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.
Randomness Dos
South Africa seems like a terrible place to live. Very Mad Max esque.
-
- Posts: 35313
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:50 am
- Location: "Order is the only possibility of rest." -- Wendell Berry
Randomness Dos
I know a guy who used to work on a farm in Bloemfontein.
It's worse than you think.
It's worse than you think.
Randomness Dos
Bloemfontein is the birthplace of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Can't be all bad.
-
- Posts: 35313
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:50 am
- Location: "Order is the only possibility of rest." -- Wendell Berry
Randomness Dos
Something tells me the area has changed in the last 124 years.
-
- Posts: 60949
- Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
- Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.
Randomness Dos
If you search Reddit, somebody posted the cash cam view of that attempted robbery.
-
- Posts: 30606
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:53 am
- Location: I have four degrees and am a moron. Don’t let that fool you
Randomness Dos
The dash cam is better IMO. You see a truck zoom by to get into position. Then the drive of the armored car tries running them over.
-
- Posts: 60949
- Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
- Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.
Randomness Dos
I was surprised by how far ahead the truck was when they started firing.
Randomness Dos
People are sometimes surprised to learn that the Michelin that does the influential restaurant reviews is the same Michelin that makes the automobile tires. The restaurant guide was a way to encourage people to go out driving and use up their rubber, as the focal point of the review criteria was how worthy a restaurant was to drive to.
* - If you're going to be in the area anyway, it's worth a stop
** - It's worth a detour off your planned route, and offers a good wine list
*** - Worthy of planning a dedicated trip, exceptional wine list
* - If you're going to be in the area anyway, it's worth a stop
** - It's worth a detour off your planned route, and offers a good wine list
*** - Worthy of planning a dedicated trip, exceptional wine list
-
- Posts: 12518
- Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:45 pm
- Location: Phil Kessel's name is on the Stanley Cup. Thrice.
Randomness Dos
The Michelin Man’s name is Bibendum
-
- Posts: 60949
- Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
- Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.
Randomness Dos
Sir David Attenborough turned 95 yesterday.
Randomness Dos
My step-mom dragged my Dad to the casino on Cinco De Mayo to get a Mexican themed beer coozie giveaway. He won $10,000 on a slot machine.
-
- Posts: 28178
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:12 pm
- Location: Methuselah Honeysuckle
Randomness Dos
Dollars or pesos?
-
- Posts: 60949
- Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
- Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.
Randomness Dos
Yen.
Randomness Dos
Awesome lol
-
- Posts: 19775
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:33 pm
- Location: Iodine State
Randomness Dos
Wo bist du, @eddy ?
Randomness Dos
Yeah, tú eres, Eduardo?
-
- Posts: 30606
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:53 am
- Location: I have four degrees and am a moron. Don’t let that fool you
Randomness Dos
Uh oh
-
- Posts: 28178
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:12 pm
- Location: Methuselah Honeysuckle
Randomness Dos
¿Dónde estás Eduardo?Yeah, tú eres, Eduardo?
-
- Posts: 35732
- Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:06 pm
- Location: All things must pass. With six you get eggroll. No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
- Contact:
Randomness Dos
Cotton candy guy died 10 years ago...
Randomness Dos
I'm having a really bad day here ...¿Dónde estás Eduardo?Yeah, tú eres, Eduardo?
Randomness Dos
Uh oh
He checked in some beers on Untappd 3 days ago
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: nocera and 80 guests