WITH JULIETTE GOODRICH. >>> A FIRST ACCOUNT OF YOU WITH A WOMAN SHARING HER FRIGHTENING ACCOUNT OF ESCAPING A POTENTIAL CARJACKING IN OAKLAND. SHE NOTICED A CAR WAS FOLLOWING HER. IT WAS A SCARY CHASE THAT HAD HER WEAVING THROUGH THE HILLS AND THEN BACK ON THE HIGHWAY TO THROW THE CAR OFF HER TRAIL. SHE IS SHARING THE STORY WITH US AND DEVIN FEHELY TO ENCOURAGE US TO THINK OF WHAT WE MAY DO IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. >> Reporter: THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY, WE ALL HAVE THE INNER VOICE THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE SITUATION DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT. ELIZABETH GATES LISTENED TO HER VOICE, AND THE STEPS SHE TOOK MAY HAVE SPARED HER FROM A CARJACKING OR PERHAPS WORSE. >> THERE'S TIMES YOU GET THE CREEPY FEELING ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK AND THINK SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: ELIZABETH GATES GOT THAT FEELING ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE. A BLACK MERCEDES WITH TINTED WINDOWS AND NO LICENSE PLATE STARTED TO TAILGATE HER. >> AT FIRST I KEPT SAYING YOU'RE BEING PARANOID. YOU'RE BEING PARANOID. THE WORLD IS NOT FOLLOWING YOU. I REALIZED OH MY GOD, THIS MAN IS REALLY FOLLOWING ME. >> Reporter: ELIZABETH FIRST NOTICED IT FOLLOWING HER AFTER CROSSING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF KELLER AVENUE AND MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD, THE VERY INTERSECTION WHERE OAKLAND POLICE SAY A WOMAN WAS CARJACKED AT GUNPOINT EARLY THIS MORNING. >> THEY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. MY GUESS, AND THIS IS MOUNTAIN, AND THIS IS WHERE THE WOMAN GOT IT THIS MORNING, AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY WERE NOT EITHER PARKED ALONGSIDE HERE OR OVER THERE, AND THEY SEE THIS NICE MERCEDES GOING UP THE HILL AND THINK, OKAY. >> Reporter: THANKFULLY ELIZABETH DID NOT SUFFER THE SAME FATE. AS SOON AS SHE REALIZED SHE WAS BEING FOLLOWED, SHE DECIDED NOT TO LEAD HER PURSUERS BACK TO HER HOME WHERE SHE WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY TRAPPED. >> I SAID IT OUT LOUD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO HOME. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> Reporter: SHE CALLED 911, WAITED ON HOLD, JUMPED ON THE FREEWAY, AND THE CAR FOLLOWED. SHE WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY ELUDE HER PURSUERS AND SAID SHE IS ETERNALLY GRATEFUL SHE LISTENED TO THE LITTLE VOICE OF CAUTION. >> TO SEE IT HAD NO LICENSE PLATES AND HAD TINTED WINDOWS AND IMMEDIATELY MY FEELERS WENT UP. >> Reporter: ELIZABETH SAYS SHE SHARED HER STORY BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE THREAT, THE THREAT THAT SHE BELIEVES IS STILL ONGOING. SHE WANTED PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF FACED WITH THE VERY SCARY SITUATION. >> OAKLAND POLICE HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT A RECENT SPIKE IN VIOLENT CARJACKINGS ACROSS THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY HAVE JUMPED OVER THE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, AND THE MOST RECENT POLICE DATA SHOWING
