Park beside the open road with a lot of pedestrians; increase the steering wheel lock or the lever lock; store the car keys carefully ...

Recently, our newspaper published the article "The Honda Thief Being Tried", which attracted wide attention. Many readers call this newspaper: What methods do most car thieves use to steal? How can car owners prevent it? On March 24th, the reporter interviewed a number of policemen in Taiyuan City who had detected vehicle theft cases, and gave everyone the opportunity to guard against theft.

Pay attention to parking

On March 6, 2008, Liu Wenbin and others across the road from the Experimental Primary School in Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, smashed the glass of a Honda car by slingshot and shot steel balls, and stole 3,000 yuan in cash. The next day, several people stole 1.1 million yuan in the same way near a credit union in Jinyuan District. It is understood that the gang has committed 40 similar crimes in Xinzhou, Linfen and Changzhi.

Police Tips: There are many tools for destroying doors and windows, such as wrenches, slingshots with steel marbles, bricks, etc. To avoid detection, the suspects will choose to commit crimes in unattended parking places, including roadsides, unattended parking lots, etc. The suspect first broke the door lock or window glass with a tool, and then drove away the vehicle with a master key or short ignition wire.

Owners should try to park their cars in regular parking lots or closed, monitored residential areas. When vehicles need to be parked on the side of the road, they should also choose roads with open terrain and a large number of pedestrians, and park at bright places at night. In addition, try not to put things such as leather bags in the car.

It ’s better to lock the door manually

In November 2008, Mr. Wang, a Taiyuan citizen, parked his car outside a hotel and locked it with a remote control. Soon, when Mr. Wang returned to the car, he found that the property worth 50,000 yuan was missing. According to the suspect, they bought a set of electronic jammers from the Internet. The device can emit an interference signal when the owner locks the car, causing the owner to hear the sound of locking the car, but the door is not actually locked.

Police Tips: Like the decoders used by "Honda Thief" and others, more and more high-tech methods are being used by criminals. The role of these tools is mostly to decrypt the password signal of the owner's key. When locking the door, you can press the button on the side of the cab that can control the 4 doors, then close the door or directly lock the car with the key. In this way, since the jammer cannot receive the electronic information sent by the remote controller, it naturally has no use. Of course, every time you lock the door, you can also pull it by hand to determine whether it is locked.

In addition, the owner can also add a steering wheel lock or lever lock to the car. According to the police's years of experience in handling cases, many thieves are also clear in their division of labor. Those who use high-tech methods to steal do not generally use violent methods.

Don't easily lend car keys

In 2008, the police in Wanlin District of Taiyuan City had cracked a car gang. The four suspects used a self-made master key to steal 50 cars within a year. It turned out that they found a van key that could open multiple vans. So, they consciously bought some car key blanks, polished them in private, and then tried to steal the car lock. In the process of stealing the car, they got some spare keys placed in the car, so the more keys were accumulated. At the time of their capture, several people had saved 70 keys.

Police Tips: Car owners should not easily lend car keys, and pay more attention to car keys when repairing or washing cars. If you find that the fuel tank cap is pryed, you should install an anti-theft device to the vehicle in time to prevent the criminals from copying the car key. In addition, the car keys must be stored carefully, and the complete set of locks and keys should be replaced when lost.

Finally, the police also introduced some tips: no matter whether the vehicle is equipped with anti-theft device, it is necessary to affix a warning sign, such as "the car is equipped with an anti-theft alarm, please do not do it", etc. This method sometimes affects whether the thief Commit a crime. In addition, you can install some small organs in the car, such as installing tire anti-theft screws, etc., to set up a few obstacles for the thieves.

Once your car is stolen, you should call the police immediately. It is also very important that you do not put your driver's license, driving license, ID card, payment certificate and other documents in the car at will. Thieves often use these legal documents to get through the police tracing process.