It is true that many people take the day off to celebrate the New Year. However, according to a recent report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, automotive thieves were hard at work during the holiday season. In fact, they are saying that more cars were stolen on New Year’s Day last year than any other holiday.
They go on to estimate that around 2,700 car thefts occurred. This means that as drivers we have to take some care to protect our cars. First, do not leave items of value inside your car. When we leave valuable things in the car it just adds to the reasons thieves want to steal it.
I am not sure that just taking the valuables out of the car will insure that the car does not get stolen. However, why give car thieves a reason to justify stealing a car. The next thing is to keep your car locked. Do you know that many cars that have been stolen have been left unlocked? Leaving a car unlocked is like telling a car thief: “Here is my car, please take it.” Once again, we are just making it super easy for the car thief to do his job.
Halloween was another time of the year when car thefts were reported high. Perhaps it is because people are starting to get their mind ready for the winter season or maybe people just are not thinking that a car theft could happen to them. As drivers we need to take more precautions to make sure when we come out to go to work, we have a car to take us there and back.
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