In 2003 I was going to Camp Site in France. Low Bridge. Just BEFORE the bridge was a hanging Bar supposed to alert you on clearance. Luckily there was a Bank on side of road which I climbed and the Mrs drove MoHo forward to meet the bar. We cleared under the bar easily by at least 1ft. Got back in and went for the bridge. 1 X Skylight torn off!! Be warned at incompetence of some french road workers!
True, but they still get you if the key safe is not secured correctly. ie to concrete, not concrete block!
"who would have the time or inclination to search under the van in the first place" those that want your CAT if you have one.
Not sure I like that, I didn't ask for a sarky comment, perhaps you might like to read what I have said again. I think you will find I agree a crime is a crime.
You have a point, but response times for incidents that do involve immediate threat to life are not what they should be, more so for non life threatening ones. I know were not supposed to get political, but losing 20,000 police officers across GB when Mrs May was in charge hasn't helped.
I don’t say this as a political point, it’s just an observation, I believe she did more to harm policing in the UK than anyone else in history.
Well what happens if you were to accidentally drop your keys on the driveway or walks in through an unlocked house front door and takes the keys. The front door would be unlocked if you are using it. My works van locks itself after couple of minutes unless the key is in the ignition.
if u haven’t got it, better go and buy a new key pronto
after my vehicles were stollen I was asked for the remaining keys which I provided, I was given 3 keys when I purchased the transporter so I gave the remaining 2 to the insurer who then asked how many keys had I had cut as the vans come with only 2. I never had any cut but as you can see any slight discrepancy from the norm or expected they pick up on.
A family member’s was installed by a police approved local company, and the key safe itself is very heavy duty and is also police approved.
Hope you reported on the non emergency police no, for their information.Opportunists are around day and night.
Just last week at 9.30am I moved the daughters car off the drive so Mr B could get his van out of the garage. I was sat there in it for about 5 minutes or so with the engine running while he was faffing about.
We live on a fairly quiet lane so I'm aware of the regular people we see on here. As I was sat there I saw a guy walking down the lane I didn't recognise him but though nothing of it. The next thing he was at the passenger door, I thought he was going to get in, he made me jump out of my skin.
I looked back on the CCTV and he walks down the lane then takes an unnatural turn towards the car.
I think he thought it was empty but left running and was going to nick it. My sister lives across the road and she pulled up home as I was in it and she thought it was just running with no-one in it.
10 minutes later he walks back the way he went and was picked up by someone, but he came down here off a main roadNot normal.
In our village anyone spotting anything like that puts it on the village Facebook straight away so everyone is aware. It usually relates to vans driving around apparently looking for scrap metal or unsecured things outside.
But in London there are thousands of cctv traffic cameras to fund Sadiqs budget. Is there no monitoring of these in real ime by the police? They're quick enough to fine you if the boot of your car overhangs a cross hatch. I'm not expecting a helicopter to be scrambled but there's a lit of technology in place they could use from their office without going out into the cold.
No comparison really with this lady and your awful experience. But I feel for you. Must be devastating.
I certainly don't leave it in the van.
Glad he didn’t get anything but it makes you want to spit. These barstewards are watching for any opportunity.Just this afternoon, I had moved my PVC to the rear of my house to clean and refit insulate the fresh water tank, the foam covering had become detached. I was going back to forth from my back door with bits and pieces.
After around 30mins I had sorted the insulation and was starting to load stuff into the van ready for a trip, so each time I left the van ai closed the woosh bang and locked it, except one time I didn’t close the door properly I was on autopilot thought I had closed and locked and went into my house.
3 mins later I came out and found a scrote with the door part open with his head and arm inside. I am afraid I went batshit and hit him on the back of his neck with a brush, he ran off thank god otherwise if he had turned on me I might have had to use my skills as a pensioner and collapsed on the floor with a pretend heart attack
Nothing missing and no damage but I will be more careful in future.
I you have a few spare keys when you travel out , swallow one at a time and just maybe you will pass them in a short time you are worried about losing them or where to put them in a safe place !!!!!!!!!!
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