How To Prevent Sneak Theft.
Our research consistently finds that most car thieves are opportunistic. These small habits help you protect yourself.
- 7 in 10 cars are stolen with their own keys. Make a consistent effort to secure your keys.
- Often, cars are stolen with the owner still at home. These “sneak thefts” are difficult to recover from psychologically. Again, use common sense – lock your doors and don’t leave your keys lying around.
- In 95% of cases, the theft doesn’t involve a confrontation. The victim simply realises that the car is gone. Hint – a cheap security camera can act as both a deterrent and an aid for vehicle’s recovery,
The movie version of car theft – with smoking tyres, screwdriver and a gun-toting old man threatening your family – is just that – fiction. It happens very rarely.
