Lock Your Cars Every Day! (Apex: houses, neighborhood, to live in)
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In the neighborhood targeted Tuesday night, consumer investigator Steve Sbraccia found someone who says she often leaves her vehicle unlocked. Sanam Oberai says she’s done that, “a lot of times.” She explained she has a baby, “so sometimes I leave extra cash in the car in case I need something.”
Yes, this is a common source of discussion on our NextDoor group. It drives me crazy, because people will complain about cash, computers and guns being stolen out of their unlocked cars. They are doing all of their neighbors a disservice.
Yes, this is a common source of discussion on our NextDoor group. It drives me crazy, because people will complain about cash, computers and guns being stolen out of their unlocked cars. They are doing all of their neighbors a disservice.
It's easy to habitually leave car doors locked, be distracted and forget to do this, and that just happens to be the day the thief is roaming the neighborhood.
What really flabbergasts me though are the people (I've seen them on this forum) say "Our neighborhood is safe. We never had any problems, so we don't lock our house doors when we go out and don't even do that when we go on vacation." It's more of a common problem among the older generations who spent many of their years in a very trusting (perhaps overly so) era.
Jowel...you are so right. my Mother leaves her house doors unlocked whether she is there or not. my Grandmother rarely takes her car keys out of the ignition.
as far as i know, the only times she takes them out is to unlock the trunk, or give the keys to her mechanic. we ask them to lock up, but they will not.
"it's been fine all my life. y'all worry too much."
I use to leave my car keys in the ignition I lock up now although I leave nothing inside of any value. I cannot believe the things people leave in cars still?
I used to live in a neighborhood in Apex that had 21 cars broken into in one night. Every single car had been left unlocked. One of them belonged to an off duty law enforcement officer. And another had left the keys in the car and it was stolen (later recovered).
On the FB page, a lot of people said that they leave their car doors unlocked because they don't want a window broken out. Ummmmm ... the houses are densely packed together in the neighborhood. No one is going to bust a car window and risk waking up the whole neighborhood. And they're not going to waste their time on a car with nothing valuable looking left inside. They're looking for the easiest targets. Unlocked cars with valuables in view.
I used to live in a neighborhood in Apex that had 21 cars broken into in one night. Every single car had been left unlocked. One of them belonged to an off duty law enforcement officer. And another had left the keys in the car and it was stolen (later recovered).
On the FB page, a lot of people said that they leave their car doors unlocked because they don't want a window broken out. Ummmmm ... the houses are densely packed together in the neighborhood. No one is going to bust a car window and risk waking up the whole neighborhood. And they're not going to waste their time on a car with nothing valuable looking left inside. They're looking for the easiest targets. Unlocked cars with valuables in view.
That's really unwise to do on Facebook since it would also be easy for a thief to figure out where someone lives since FB is directly tied to that person. Also, it's not a good idea to announce on FB that "the family and I are leaving for two weeks in Hawaii!" before the trip (or even that a person leaves home to travel on a regular basis). A burglar could also be interested in knowing this along with Aunt Sarah.
That's really unwise to do on Facebook since it would also be easy for a thief to figure out where someone lives since FB is directly tied to the person. Also, it's not a good idea to announce on FB that "the family and I are leaving for two weeks in Hawaii" since a burglar could also be interested in knowing this along with Aunt Sarah.
That's really unwise to do on Facebook since it would also be easy for a thief to figure out where someone lives since FB is directly tied to that person. Also, it's not a good idea to announce on FB that "the family and I are leaving for two weeks in Hawaii!" before the trip (or even that a person leaves home to travel on a regular basis). A burglar could also be interested in knowing this along with Aunt Sarah.
It was a closed page. You had to be a homeowner to be added to the group.
So, lock your cars and use your garage for parking cars. Easy peasy problem solved.
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It's more of a common problem among the older generations who spent many of their years in a very trusting (perhaps overly so) era.
I lock up now although I leave nothing inside of any value. I cannot believe the things people leave in cars still?
