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Tips for improving your car security
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Since the widespread introduction of engine immobiliser systems to cars built after the late nineties, car crime has fallen dramatically. In addition, the market for second hand cars has become so saturated, due to the rising cost of car ownership, that much of the incentive for stealing standard family cars has been removed.
Most modern cars have engine immobilisers, making them very tricky to steal outright, and this has led to a massive reduction in the number of cars stolen for joyriding purposes. Professional car thieves have turned their attention away from stealing whole cars to stealing valuable, and easily accessible parts of cars, such as catalytic converters, sat nav systems, and number plates.
The precious metals that are used to make catalytic converters are worth a lot of money in their own right, and there is little you can do to prevent them from being stolen other than storing your car somewhere secure when you are not driving it, or hooking the unit up to a tamper-resistant alarm system.
In the event of your number plates being stolen, you should contact the police and the DVLA immediately, as if your plates are used to change the identity of another vehicle, then you will be responsible for any parking or speeding penalties incurred by the driver of the vehicle bearing your plates. Furthermore, if that vehicle is involved in any further crimes, then you will be under suspicion if you did not report the theft of your plates immediately.
Keep all traces of your sat nav system out of sight when you are not in the vehicle, as even if you have taken the main console indoors with you, the suction pads, holder, or even the traces left by the suction pads may lead a thief to believe that there is a valuable sat nav device hiding in your glove compartment and break in anyway.
One of the most effective ways to prevent your car being stolen is to fit an immobiliser if you do not already have one, as the majority of stolen cars that are recovered by the police are not fitted with such a device, yet the majority of cars have them.
As a general rule, the older a car is, the easier it is to steal. Cars built before 1996 are considered as being a very high theft risk, whereas cars built after 1999 are considered to be a very low theft risk, and this is mainly due to the widespread adoption of immobilisers and other technologies.
Thieves will often go to extra lengths to steal more valuable and desirable cars, so if you are lucky enough to own such a model, you may want to make sure that you keep your keys as secure as possible, and keep the car in a lock up or under CCTV supervision at all times when you are not using it.
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