Being Followed? Here’s How You Know!

This is interesting. Gizmodo has a write-up on how to know for sure if someone is following you or not. Have you ever had that feeling… you know, not the one you can only say in French, but that feeling that you’ve been seeing that same car in your rear view mirror for just a little bit too long?

Well, then you might just be a little bit paranoid. On the other hand, there might actually be someone following you.

Here’s a taste of what Gizmodo has to say on the subject, and a few snippets from Quora:

Security and investigations expert Brandon Gregg offers up a few tricks to both detect if you’re being followed and what you can do about it.

Brandon’s answer comes from a question on Quora and provides a lot of detail, but here’s the gist:

Make four right or left turns. It’s unlikely anyone [else] will also be traveling in a complete circle.

If you’re on the highway, get off and then back on. They may wait at the next exit so if you want to lose them don’t choose the next exit or the exit that you usually take.

If any of these techniques lead you to believe you’re being followed, call the police.

Surveillance detecion is a lot of fun, so here are some more answers from Quora:

A key tip I received in my training: to gather proof for later, drive somewhere where there are cameras. We were recommended to use gas stations. ~Anonymous

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Openly photograph any vehicle that appears to be following you, including photos of its occupants. Have someone run the plates and otherwise circulate the photos for ID purposes. In other words, rather than continue attempts to evade them, do the opposite and judiciously confront them. ~Roy Niles

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Rick Barnett had the best answer. As a Police Sergeant I recommend people to call the police immeidately and stay on the phone until Officers arrive. Trying to evade, mislead, outrun is foolish. Keep to populated and well light areas. Call the police and let us handle it. That is what we are paid and trained to do. ~William Bolt, police sergeant

All of this is good advice. Shake’em if you can, gather evidence if you feel up to it, and either call the police or drive right to the nearest police station, if you know where that is.