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We are watching ActionNews two days ago on television. They show a man's photo, and that he was arrested after he burglarized a local business in Chico, CA, during the night. Then the anchorwoman adds, "This was the third time he was arrested for similar burglaries THIS MONTH.
Way to go, it's only the 15th of April. That broken glass door must cost several hundred bucks to restore, but the perp is out before the glass company can show up.
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I once left my car two weeks in a motel parking lot. I unsnapped my distributor cap, litfed off the rotor and put in the cup holder. Nobody started my car.
I once left my car two weeks in a motel parking lot. I unsnapped my distributor cap, litfed off the rotor and put in the cup holder. Nobody started my car.
I left keys in the ignition of a car parked in the street for 3 days no one bothered it. Wasn't until I went looking for me keys eventually went out looked in the window seen them in the ignition. The door was locked this was 1990's didn't have a keyfob just locked the door with button closed it.
With remote key fobs these days, is there an app that does not allow the car to start unless your smart phone was also with you?
I don't like tracking devices. I want to stop the theft before it happens. Good advice upthread, about prevention measures (locking, no visible items).
If I have to have items in the car, like in the back of my SUV, I drape a blanket over them so that the items are not visible. It's better than leaving them uncovered, unless all of the items inside there are obviously and visibly garbage.
I left keys in the ignition of a car parked in the street for 3 days no one bothered it. Wasn't until I went looking for me keys eventually went out looked in the window seen them in the ignition. The door was locked this was 1990's didn't have a keyfob just locked the door with button closed it.
I parked a new (rental) locked vehicle on a well lit major street in San Francisco and went to a restaurant, with 5 other family/friends. When we came back 2 hours later, someone had smashed a window and stolen a backpack with a cheese sandwich in it -- my bro-in-law's, of sentimental value but zero monetary value. They didn't take anything else because someone must have spotted them, so they fled. But they watched us from the end of the block as we approached the vehicle, wondering whether to come back.
This happens approximately 80 to 100 times a day in SF. The city authorities have chosen not to pursue car break-ins and thefts, and reporting them gets you shunted to a recorded line where your incident is logged for insurance purposes.
If you had parked your car with keys in the ignition in SF, it would have been gone within an hour or two.
Don't drive into SF and park. If you must park, it should be in some kind of guarded lot. Better still, don't go to SF. Don't even go to California.
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