NEWS

We have many conversations with people after-the-fact. People who come to us to discuss having a tracker installed, realising that a stolen vehicle isn't always that easy to get paid out on or replace.

In one such conversation someone told us about his Land Rover Discovery that had been stolen from his drive. The owner had left his keys visible in his kitchen, thieves had broken in and stolen his keys. Problem is they entered without forcing entry, no signs whatsoever. The police were called, a crime number raised but so far the insurance company are refusing to pay out!

A similar but more worrying story was another 4x4 being hit from behind at a junction, not too hard but significant enough. The owner gets out of the car, leaving the keys in it. The driver of the offending vehicle kept the owner busy until his passenger had jumped in the 4x4 and both sped away leaving the owner of the 4x4 in the middle of the road .... car-less.

Another story we were recently told about was a motorcycle stolen in London. Stopping at a set of traffic lights, two mopeds pulled along side both 2-up . One of the pillions jumped off the bike, grabbed the keys out of the ignition. The motorcycle owner gave chase, he lost the key thief but by the time he got back he could only watch has his bike was being pushed away, at great speed, by one of the mopeds. Having no witnesses, having lost his key, again the insurance company did not make it easy to claim. He is still fighting this almost a year after the event.

The moral to the story, never leave keys on show, never get out the car leaving the keys in the car and for bikers the advice is use a lanyard to the yoke to prevent the keys being snatched. But one of the most important things is to be able to prove the theft. Use your mobile phones camera/ video if you are shunted. Security cameras are a good idea and in the event of the motorcyclist a helmet-cam.

Hopefully this article will raise awareness of some of the creative antics thieves are using to steal vehicles, if you have other situations or stories that our readers should be forewarned about please email us on info@secureautotrack.co.uk

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