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Postby Ad@m » Sat May 08, 2021 9:38 am

Yikes :shock:


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.

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Postby willeyeam » Sat May 08, 2021 9:44 am

Wow. So calm

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Postby meow » Sat May 08, 2021 12:02 pm

Only grinded the gears once. I would have forgot the clutch existed

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sat May 08, 2021 1:34 pm

South Africa seems like a terrible place to live. Very Mad Max esque.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Sat May 08, 2021 1:36 pm

I know a guy who used to work on a farm in Bloemfontein.

It's worse than you think.

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Postby tifosi77 » Sat May 08, 2021 1:55 pm

Bloemfontein is the birthplace of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Can't be all bad.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Sat May 08, 2021 1:56 pm

Something tells me the area has changed in the last 124 years. ;)

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Postby NTP66 » Sat May 08, 2021 2:20 pm

If you search Reddit, somebody posted the cash cam view of that attempted robbery.

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Postby meow » Sat May 08, 2021 2:52 pm

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.

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Postby NTP66 » Sat May 08, 2021 3:20 pm

I was surprised by how far ahead the truck was when they started firing.

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Postby Gaucho » Sun May 09, 2021 4:57 am

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Postby tifosi77 » Sun May 09, 2021 11:48 am

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

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Sun May 09, 2021 12:19 pm

The Michelin Man’s name is Bibendum

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Postby NTP66 » Sun May 09, 2021 6:20 pm

Sir David Attenborough turned 95 yesterday.


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Postby dodint » Sun May 09, 2021 11:19 pm

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. :thumb:

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Sun May 09, 2021 11:25 pm

Dollars or pesos?

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Postby NTP66 » Mon May 10, 2021 6:39 am

Yen.

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Postby willeyeam » Mon May 10, 2021 8:04 am

Awesome lol

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon May 10, 2021 9:46 am

Wo bist du, @eddy ?

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Postby Gaucho » Mon May 10, 2021 9:55 am

Yeah, tú eres, Eduardo?

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Postby meow » Mon May 10, 2021 10:04 am

Uh oh

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Mon May 10, 2021 10:29 am

Yeah, tú eres, Eduardo?
¿Dónde estás Eduardo?

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Postby count2infinity » Mon May 10, 2021 10:29 am

Cotton candy guy died 10 years ago... :(

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Postby Gaucho » Mon May 10, 2021 10:58 am

Yeah, tú eres, Eduardo?
¿Dónde estás Eduardo?
I'm having a really bad day here ...

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Postby MR25 » Mon May 10, 2021 11:05 am

Uh oh

He checked in some beers on Untappd 3 days ago

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