SOME TIPS ON PREVENTING CAR THEFT

Thieves are attracted not only to your car, but also to the contents within. Thieves will often smash a window just to steal a camera, stereo or car phone.

Park with the front wheels turned slowly to the right or left and apply your emergency brake, making it difficult to tow your car away.

When parking a front-wheeled-drive car, place your vehicle in park and apply the emergency brake. If you have a stick shift, put the gear into forward or reverse and apply the brake.

Why give a thief the advantage of working under the cover of darkness, unnoticed?

When parking inside your garage at home, lock both your car and the garage door. When parking in a public garage, give the attendant the ignition key only and lock all valuables in the trunk or glove compartment.

Don't leave your wallet, purse or driver's license in your car. Thieves could learn your address and later burglarize your home or impersonate.

Consider etching your VIN into all car windows. T-tops and other expensive, removable parts. Drop your business card into door panels. This may assist police in identifying a stolen vehicle or stolen parts.

This may include devices which make the vehicle inoperable, such as a fuel cutoff or ignition kill switch, or devices such as sensors and motion detectors, sirens and paging units, steering wheel locks, shields that cover the ignition switch and wheel locks.

Check with your insurance company for information about the types of anti-theft devices which qualify for a discount on the comprehensive coverage of your policy.

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