[Auto] 'Grand Theft Auto' in the GTA? Man tries to hijack cars on highway near Toronto

[_Happy boy]

We’re hardly the first to make Grand Theft Auto-slash-Greater Toronto Area jokes, but the comparison is just too apt, here.

At 2:30 pm January 13 in Burlington, Ontario, just west of Toronto, police tried to apprehend a car moving at a high rate of speed in a residential area in the east end of the city.

The driver took off, but was spotted shortly after heading westbound on the QEW at Walkers Line, reaching speeds of approximately 180 km/h. He took to the shoulder, and was weaving in and out of traffic.

Before police could catch up, the driver reportedly stopped his car in the centre westbound lane approaching the Skyway Bridge and got out, clogging and dodging four lanes of live traffic — should we mention the two and three lanes of merging traffic at this bend in the semi-truck-laden roadway?

What to do? Why, he crossed the median on foot, of course, and commenced trying to hijack (allegedly, of course) vehicles in the eastbound lanes by first, trying to get them to stop, and then tugging on their door handles. A 43-year-old Burlington man was apprehended after a short foot chase “without further incident,” according to the report. But really. How many more incidents could he have added? He was charged with:

Flight From Police
Dangerous Operation
Breach of Probation
Breach of Release Order
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Halton Regional Police want to talk to anyone with information — 905-825-4777. So do I. I have questions. Who stops for a whackadoodle trying to break into your car? After you call the police, please, contact us at the paper. And please tell me you have a dashcam. Conveniently enough, this all played out within spitting distance of the OPP detachment.