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Her way to work in shelby, north carolina. >> i was a couple hours late going into work so traffic was lighter than usual. >> despite the light traffic, she is blocked by two trucks ahead of her playing a dangerous game. >> one would speed up and the other would slow down. they wouldn't let the other beside them. >> the one truck isn't letting the other truck over. cobb takes out her iphone and goes to record the logo of the truck on the right to report the dangerous behavior to the company. the other truck has no logo. cobb's own action taking out her phone and filming the scene isn't exactly...

Totally out of the norm. >> july 28th, 2008. arlington, texas. detective jesse minton of the arlington police department auto theft unit is alerted that a bait car has been broken into. bait cars rigged with cameras and gps tracking equipment are used by police departments nationwide to catch thieves in an area where it's a problem. >> we pick a car that looks like cars that are most stolen. we lock the doors remotely. record everything inside with video cameras and microphones. then we deploy them to a place where we have a crime problem or persons stealing cars in the area. we're basically f...

All i intended to do was get the logo on the video. i got more than i bargained for. >> then cobb sees a two by four from the side of the road come at here. >> i saw him hit it and it was like slow motion. i thought it's not going to hit me. >> but in a split second it does. >> the impact was amazing. amazing. it sounded like a gun shot. and then the echo which i don't know if it was real or in my mind. but it was deafening. i know that. >> the two by four hits the front hood of the van leaving a long dent, burst through the glass, and smacked into the front dash. >> it hit right here. and tha...

The other truck has no visible company logo. cobb's own action taking out her phone and filming the scene isn't exactly safe behavior either, but she feels confident that she's in control. >> i had the camera here and aimed toward the truck in the right-hand lane. but i was still watching the road in front of me. all i intended to do was get the logo on the video. i got more than i bargained for. >> that's when cobb sees a 2 x 4 jutting into the road from the median come flying at her. >> i saw the first truck, i saw his front wheels hit it. i saw his back wheels hit it and then i saw it. it w...

The car thief finds the keys in the center console of the cadillac escalade, gets into the driv driver's seat, quickly takes off checking to make sure he isn't being followed. unbeknownst to him authorities are quickly tracking his movements, and they're not the only ones. high overhead, the crew in the action 13 news camera is making their morning rounds. monitoring the police scanner and roads for any stories. and boy, do they find one. when aerial photographer jason harvey hears voices through his headset, his ears perk up. it's the police broadcasting the bait car description and general l...