5 Tips to Keep Your Car Safe When Parking on the Street
1 - Set Your Car Alarm, Lock Your Doors and
Close Your Windows
2 - Park Where there is Light
3 - Use a Steering Wheel Lock
4 - Take Your
Valuables with You
5 - Use Your Emergency Brake
Keep Track of Your Stereo
1. Load and hide your stuff before you reach your
destination.
2. Unload your stuff away from your parking spaces
as well.
3. Choose your parking space wisely.
4. When in doubt, use a parking garage.
5. Self park when you can.
6. Assume in most cases thieves want to steal your
car outright.
7. A neat car is less likely to get robbed.
8. Check for your valuables as soon as you return
to your car.
9. Rent wisely.
When renting a car, keep the following tips in
mind:
A) Rent models that are not easily exposed or
broken into, and that have a trunk big enough to store anything you need
secured. A hip and tiny convertible sounds like a great idea, but it could not
be harder to hide stuff, and easier to break into.
B) The more modest and nondescript the rental
model, the less likely to attract attention it is.
C) Don't leave your rental contract in the car, as
this document has just about all the information you will need if the car is
stolen -- and also all the information a thief will need to evade detection if
he or she is stopped for any reason before you report the vehicle as stolen.
Remember that as a traveler or tourist, you are a
mark. (For example, a Florida law requiring rental cars to display a special
sticker was recently repealed after it became clear that criminals were
targeting tourists in rental vehicles.) Making the time and effort to take a
few precautions with your vehicular home away from home can help ensure that
you and all your stuff return home intact.
