Car thieves are always in action, especially during these years due to the economic crisis and unemployment, anyone trying to earn something, in any way, even by falling into illegality.
For this reason, no car is safe now. Also because the bad guys have discovered new tactics, which allow you to rob car owners in seconds, without a trace.
That’s why you need to be informed to know all the valid tricks that allow you to keep away from unpleasant situations, which can happen at any time, in any place.
The newspaper trick, that’s how car thieves do it
The first thing to know is that haste and carelessness they are the number 1 enemy of all motorists and chauffeurs, because thieves are waiting for nothing but a careless or in a hurry unfortunate person to act without being noticed and without any obstacle. A little carelessness, it can cost really dearly, find yourself without a car or with the car completely robbed simpler than you might think.
The newspaper trick is the one that car thieves have been using often these months, because it works and allows you to take home a lot of loot in a few hours. It happens to everyone to get out of the car to buy something in a hurry from the tobacconist, newsstand, bakery and leave the windows down or the car open.
Someone even leaves it on. In the meantime, a man or a woman, generally completely unsuspected, passes by, pretends to read a newspaper, puts an arm in the car and steals what he wants. Nobody notices anything because everything happens in a few seconds. On the other hand, who should keep an eye on a person who walks and reads a newspaper or plays on their smartphone? Seeing these scenes is more than normal so you have plenty of time to work undisturbed.
What to do in order not to attract the attention of car thieves
For all these reasons it is always better to close the windows and the car door, even if you are absent for a few minutes or if you are not far from the vehicle and if you know the area. Never trust blindly, because even quiet, calm, controlled areas are risky. Indeed in this period we must be more afraid of quiet areas than of busy ones where the bad guys are more restrained.
Then, another thing to watch out for is to avoid leaving things, whatever they are, in sight. In particular never leave money, smartphone or technology over the seats.
