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SAYS THE BCAA:

Don’t let a thief steal your holiday

THE INCIDENCE of
burglary has. increased
alarmingly in recent months.
With vacation time fast
approaching, the B.C.
Automobile Assoctation
offers these simple _pre-
cautions on how to reduce
the chances of being vic-
tumized.

Even apn inexperienced
thief can make off with your
travel expense money or
irreplaceable valuables in
much less time than you
would imagine.

Before starting on your
trip, take steps to reduce
your chances of coming
home to find that your house
or apartment has been
ransacked tn your absence.

Cancel the newspaper and
all other deliveries. A stack
of newspapers is a sure sign
that no one is at home. Lock
all windows and _ doors
securely and ask a neighbor
to take in any mail and keep
an eye on the house. You
could also suspend mail
deliveries by filling out a
simple form and paying a
small fee at your post office.

BCAA recommends that
you check your home-
owner's or renter’s insurance

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policy to make sure you are
covered in case of a break-
in.

Plan to take only
necessary credit cards and
jewellery with you. List the
numbers of these cards and
copy any important papers
you intend to pack, leaving
the list and copies with a
friend or in your safety
deposit box.

Never leave
unlocked car unattended.
And never leave luggage,
coats, Cameras or packages
in the passenger com-
partment, even when it is
locked. Always place such
items in the trunk and lock
it. However, be careful
where you leave cameras or
Similar items such as
binoculars. If left in a hot
trunk or glove compartment,
they could be tireparably
damaged.

When checking into a
hotel, do not leave your
luggage unattended or your
trunk unlocked while you
carry part of your luggage
into the lobby. This is an
invitation to a loitering thief.

Always keep an eye on
your luggage in an airport,
train station or hotel lobby.

your

There are thieves who rely
on the “booster bag” to help
them steal luggage. This is a
bottomless bag that fits over
luggage and purses and has
hooks inside it. Once the
thief has “hooked” your
baggage can walk away un-
detected — with his suitcase
and yours.

When staying at a hotel.
BCAA advises that you store
extra money, jewellry.
airline tickets and valuables
in the hotel safe. Do not try
to hide money or other
valuables in your room —
expenenced thieves know all
the hkely hiding places. And
the security features
provided by some hotels to
lock up valuables in your
room — such as a special
lock box ~— only lead a
burglar to the exact place
they are hidden. And the
“secunty device” will be no
deterrent.

Always lock your hotel
room even if you will only be
away for a minute. Putting a
maid service sign on the
door alerts a thief to your
empty room. If your room is
cleaned while you are at
breakfast, hang the “do not
disturb” sign on the door

Safety Jamboree

TWELVE YEAR-old Rob
Sutherland of Chartwell
Elementary School in West
Vancouver has been chosen

by the BC Automobile
Association to yon 6,000
school safety patrollers in

Ottawa for the 23rd Annual
National School Safety
Patrol Jamboree May 27 29

Rob will yon the BC
delegation of 15 students and
pohee chaperones attending
the yamboree which ots
sponsored by the Canadian
Automobile Association and
us member clubs

“The yamborce ts our way
of saying thank you for an
outstanding — yob
these young  cilizens in
protecting the hives of their
classmates " said Richard J
BCAA president

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when you go out for the day.

Don't flash a lot of cash or
credit cards in public. If a
stranger tnes to attract your
attention, be on your guard.
Pickpockets often work in
pairs — one to distract you
and the other to hft) your
wallet.

The B.C. Automobile
Association suggests that
you divide your funds among
the family members. In this
way, if one person is robbed,
the others will have the
remaining funds.

Never countersign your
travellers cheques in ad-
vance of the time you cash
them and be sure to store
your cheque numbers

separately from the cheques.
You will need the list of
numbers to make a claim
should your cheques be
stolen.

The smart thief will steal
only every third or fourth
cheque, which makes it
much more difficult to
realize that they have been
stolen. BCAA recommends
that you count your cheques
periodically to make sure the
senal numbers run in un-
interrupted sequence.

A few minutes spent
taking the trouble to guard
against theft could pay great
dividends later on.

Have a nice holiday.

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