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Does placing a 'no valuables inside' sign in a car window deter break-ins?
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Posted on 10/20/2017 7:58:41 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
It depends.
Is the sign made of solid gold?
To: Sub-Driver
Does placing a 'no valuables inside' sign in a car window deter break-ins?
I remember about 35 years ago, a friend of mine always took his stereo out of the car before entering his apartment or going inside his place of work.
One morning, he started on the way to work, and noticed that his car windows had all been busted, and all four tires had been knifed, and the car's interior had all been torn up.
However, somebody was kind enough to leave a note, reading:
"Next time, leave the stereo".
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:15:36 PM PDT
by
adorno
(w)
To: Sub-Driver
In Boston during the 1970s, we would leave the window down so when they stole your radio at least you wouldn’t freeze your ass off because of a broken window.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:19:53 PM PDT
by
Garvin
(Sabo: "Republicans Are The New Punk")
To: adorno
Was he in New York City, by chance? There was a rash of smashed windows and stolen Blaupunkt stereos. Hoping to save his windows, a guy put a sign in his car that said “no stereo.” The window was busted anyway, and on his sign below “no stereo” was written “get one.”
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:24:21 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: Paladin2
Next up, signs in the front of your home.......
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:27:42 PM PDT
by
Sub-Driver
(Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
To: Drew68
If things are that bad in San Francisco, probably better to just leave your doors unlocked. A guy I knew, in San Francisco had a convertible. Told me he never locks the doors so no one would slice his ragtop to get into the car. Yup, doors unlocked, but a thief cut his ragtop to get in without first trying the doors. So much for that idea.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:29:17 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: Sub-Driver
70s level of crime has returned. SMH at the idiot leftists going soft on crime and expecting different results.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:29:20 PM PDT
by
JohnyBoy
(We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
To: Sub-Driver
Write it in Spanish and Ebonics.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:30:44 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: Drew68
By the way, I park my truck in San Francisco a lot, for many years, and it never gets bothered. I think it’s my NRA stickers on the windows that help.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:31:07 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: Kickass Conservative
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:34:11 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: sparklite2
Yes, that was in NYC, and at the time, there was a rash of stereo thefts. Back then, people would buy their own stereo systems to replace whatever came with the cars.
I also replaced my stereo systems back then, but was lucky not to have them stolen. I did have an Atari computer stolen, which at that time was more rare than stereo systems.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:38:04 PM PDT
by
adorno
(w)
To: Sub-Driver
It signals “I’m desparately lying” instead.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:42:01 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Sub-Driver
Years ago - when Miami went 'crime nuts' a friend explained how it worked:
In Texas she left her windows down because her stuff was safe. In Orlando she locked her doors to stop people from stealing. In Miami she left her doors unlocked and one window rolled down so thieves wouldn't break the window when the stole the radio...
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:53:31 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
("NFL: Now Far Left" - - freeper Lazamataz)
To: Sub-Driver
What are Baby on Board stickers supposed to do? What if you have both, baby on board and no valuables on board?
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:54:21 PM PDT
by
rey
To: Sub-Driver
For your home, a plan is to put a few dollar bills in plain sight on a table you can see through a window. If the bills are gone, at least you’re in condition red when you walk through the door.
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posted on
10/20/2017 8:56:16 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: Sub-Driver
Car burglaries are at epidemic levels in San Francisco <<<
NO WAY!...San Francisco????
We need to teach them to read!...its that easy!!~
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posted on
10/20/2017 9:03:10 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: JohnyBoy
I expect the social architects that have created this insanity themselves live in guarded, gated communities and don't have to park on the street.
But they continue to pass anarchist laws cause it's the "new normal."
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posted on
10/20/2017 9:11:24 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
(The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
To: Sub-Driver
Does placing a 'no valuables inside' sign in a car window deter break-ins? About as effectively as "rape free zone" signs deter Moslems from raping in European public swimming pools.
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posted on
10/20/2017 9:13:13 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Garvin
Kinda like the garbage collector strike in NYC around Christmas many yrs back....everybody with any brains wrapped theit garbage in Christmas paper and left the doors unlocked...
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posted on
10/20/2017 9:16:07 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
10/20/2017 9:21:24 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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