Again, I’m not trying to be a pest. I am looking for real answers here. Let’s say the guy was hiding behind a car near her. Her dad was a cop so I am assuming that she was taught to be aware. She doesn’t notice anything, is getting into her car (no reason for her to throw her keys away at this point) and the guy jumps out from behind her (she still wouldn’t see him) and shoves her from behind. She maybe had 2 seconds of awareness before he possibly knocked her out. She was in broad daylight! I guess I’m just not sure that there was anything she could have done to prevent this.
The guy they charged has a wife and little girl. No one suspected anything. It just makes my skin crawl.
Bad things happen to good people all the time.
Just as fastening a seat belt is not a guarantee of surviving a vehicle accident, so too exercising awareness will not defeat every attack.
As for the keys; if an attacker is forcing you into your car, it would be best that nobody be able to drive that car. It only takes a fraction of a second to toss the keys. It creates a significant burden on the attacker if the intention is to use the car.
The statistics of abduction seem to indicate quite clearly that there is virtually no price too high to pay in order to prevent being transported from the scene of the abduction. Anything bad that is going to happen will not be improved by allowing the attacker the freedom to choose the site for continuing the attack.