VEHICLE SECURITY
Following several incidents across the city where drivers have been unsure if they left their vehicles locked, here are a range of options which will make stealing your car or its contents more difficult, especially if several are combined – to make stealing slow, noisy and difficult.
• Physically check the vehicle doors are locked before walking away.
• Do not leave keys near windows or doors – aids relay theft and quicker for thieves to locate them.
• If your car is ‘keyless’ keep the key device in a ‘Faraday pouch’ or metal tin which prevents it receiving or transmitting radio signals to and from the car.
• If you buy a second-hand keyless car, get the key reprogrammed.
• Make sure the key and any spares are stored securely.
• Consider fitting a lock to the On-Board Diagnostic port (OBD), to prevent keys being easily reprogrammed.
• Use a steering wheel lock.
• Fit a pedal box, which encases the driving pedals in a high visibility secure box.
• Fit a parking bollard to your driveway to prevent thieves easy driving your car away.
• Prevent thieves obtaining your car keys via good home security – lights, alarms, quality door and window locks.
• When parking in the street try and find a location that is well light and if possible covered by CCTV.
For further advice follow the link…….. https://orlo.uk/E0zNd or contact the crime prevention team via edinburghpreventionandintervention@scotland.police.uk
Please report any suspicious behaviour or incidents to Police on 101 or 999.
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