YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE.

Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 September 1938, Page 2

YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE.

MAY BE STOLEN

WARNING AGAINST THIEVES

"The risk of having vehicles taken by unauthorised persons from parking places is still a contingency that every motorist should guard against,” says the latest safety message of the Canterbury Automobile Association. “Motorists do not fealise that they have it in their own power to protect themselves against the inconvenience which they would suffer if their car was taken unlawfully.

“It is found that in most cases of unlawful conversion of motor vehicles the way has been made easy for removal of the vehicle because the owner has left his ignition key in tho lock.

“Motorists who leave their cars at night, particularly in badly lighted thoroughfares, should make sure that the car doors are locked and the windows closed, and that the ignition ko} is not in tho lock.

“Tho same remark about the ignition key applies to vehicles left in private garages as there have boon plenty of instances of cars having been stolen from private garages.

“A person who steals a motor vehicle is usually not very careful about the speed ho uses and the way he drives, and a motor vchiclo being driven by a thief is therefor a potential menace to others on tho roads.

“Tho question of danger, inconvenience to the owner, and damage to the vehicle should weigh with motor owners. It is an old saying that locks are made only for honest persons, but at the same time motorists will be doing themselves a great service if at all times they use any available safeguard against the theft of their vehicles. “At night always leave the vehicle as close to a street light as possible, and take every precaution to ensure that your vehicle is not interfered with.”