Car Thieves Will Take Anything
According to the article “Car thieves getting away with everything” nothing is sacred from those nasty little car criminals!
Isn’t it surprising the lengths some people will go to for a set of furry dice or a stick of celery?! Admiral recently compiled a list of the stolen property claims they had received in the last twelve months. The results were surprising. People were getting the most unusual and mundane items stolen from their cars!
Out of the 8,000 or so items that people have reported stolen, some of the most unusual included a Power Rangers costume for a 6ft person, a pair of pants, some furry dice, £10,000, some school homework, a stick of celery and a pair of leather shorts. All these things were left lying around in people’s cars before they were stolen.
Similarly a list was drawn up of the most common items that were illegally removed from people’s cars. These articles include Sat-Nav systems, cameras, handbags, laptops, CDs and car stereos.
Hard to imagine, the average family is likely to have goods to the value of about £2,800 lying around in their cars. This is amounts to a juicy £28 billion treasure trove for the slippery fingered car criminal.
If we’re ever going to force car insurance premiums down to sensible levels then we’ve got to all wise up and stop leaving things lying around in the car! While we are at it, we should invest in our car’s security with things like steering wheel locks, immobilisers, getting locks for our glove boxes, shutting our sun roofs and removing the suction mark giveaway sign that you have a Sat-Nav sitting around somewhere (probably in your unlocked glove box). Last but not least, never leave anything on display in your car.
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Tags: car insurance premiums, car thieves, criminals, steering wheel locks