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Car left running stolen on Friern Road under owner's nose

agathoise

By agathoise
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malcol

malcol

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I too have left my drivers side door open at Sainsbury's, my house door wide open whilst going on the school run and the most recent (and I like to think most spectacular!) I left my house keys in the lock of the front door from 4pm until 8.30am the next morning AND my husband was away for the night! Amazingly nothing has ever been stolen. Actually that's not true...I've had two Sat Navs stolen from the car because I keep forgetting to lock it!!


My heart goes out to the lady who got her car stolen. That is just pure bad luck.


Malcol

Sue

Sue

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*Bob* Wrote:

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> I remember the good old days when you could park

> your car in the middle of the street with all the

> doors open and the engine running, go and have

> lunch with a friend and come back two hours later

> to find the engine still running, the windscreen

> washed and a fifty pound note tucked under the

> wiper.

>

> I blame a breakdown in family values.


xxxxxx


:)-D

Sue

Sue

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I'm going to add my twopennorth.


Yes it was bad luck.


But bad luck aggravated by ............ (I won't say it).


It takes about ten seconds to take the key out of the ignition and lock the doors.


We live in South London. If I'm taking stuff in from my car parked outside my house, I lock the doors in between each twenty second trip to the kitchen, never mind leave the engine running.


Sorry everybody who's defended the person who had their car stolen.

Mick Mac

Mick Mac

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Sandperson Wrote:

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> It's a bit of a silly thing to do isn't it? Also

> not very environmental.


SP - is that really you??? Not like you I don't think?


We all know that you don't leave a car running - but we all make mistakes. A thief is a thief. I live on Friern Road and I'm sure I have in some cases had to run back into the house, leaving the keys in the car or car door open, I thought Friern to be a quiet and safe residential street, so I guess I will learn from tbis.


Thanks agathoise.


Oh and thanks *Bob*.....

*Anna*

*Anna*

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It was 10 seconds - if that, not 10 minutes....I feel like offering ot offer watch Sandperson and see how many 'opportunities' I have to do wrong over a 24 hours period without him knowing - after all he is clearly someone we couold all learn from, neer does anything wrong!!!!!

It was an accident after all AS THE ORIGINAL PST POINTED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PeckhamRose

PeckhamRose

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Sue - what has "we live in South London" got to do with ANYTHING.

Also - Some Say leaving the engine running for a few minutes uses up less energy than turning it off, then turning it on again.

Meanwhile, at the Police Ward Panel last night that I notified everyone about and to which all of those who were able to come to, came to... lots of information was shared and discussed.

Sue

Sue

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PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> Sue - what has "we live in South London" got to do

> with ANYTHING.

>

xxxxxxxxx


As in, in a city, not in the middle of the country, more people likely to be about, therefore car left with key in ignition more likely to be stolen.

malcol

malcol

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As I said previously this was just bad luck. Crime like this doesn't happen all the time she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and did something which seemed reasonable but with hindsight was risky. Its not her fault that some moron with no morals or values decided to get in her car and take it. Why can't some of you show a little more sympathy and stop being so smug about how it would never happen to you, one day it might!
iaineasy

iaineasy

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I never lock anything. I like to leave it all up to karma.


I am currently living in my shed, and have to ask the squatters for permission to visit my own lavatory.


Hugs.


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hahaha Ted very funny!! :))


hugs to you too



I feel very sorry for the person who lost her car its very bad luck on her, these things happen though. I think some people are being very harsh on the OP and the victim of this shitty incident, this forum has some arseholes on it sometimes, perhaps a little kindness wouldn't hurt, and to pull the whole "enviromentally freindly holier than though because I ride a bike" line is pretty much the height of stupidness.


but then I don't ride a bike because I left it unlocked and it got knicked but then I got a bettr bike for free because I am generally kind to people, what goes around comes around.

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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And lest we forget people, the victim is a midwife.

Anyone who on a daily basis brings life into the world is allowed to take their eye off the ball, take a liberty so far as their carbon footprint goes and take Highway Code 123 funnel it and place it where it might do most harm.

She also probably encounters more bikes on a daily basis than most of us. And I bet she doesn't judge them.

ruffers

ruffers

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malcol Wrote:

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> As I said previously this was just bad luck. Crime

> like this doesn't happen all the time she was in

> the wrong place at the wrong time and did

> something which seemed reasonable but with

> hindsight was risky. Its not her fault that some

> moron with no morals or values decided to get in

> her car and take it. Why can't some of you show a

> little more sympathy and stop being so smug about

> how it would never happen to you, one day it

> might!


OK I feel sympathy, and it may indeed one day happen to me. If I'm stupid enough to leave the car running with the keys in it.

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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ruffers Wrote:

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> malcol Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > As I said previously this was just bad luck.

> Crime

> > like this doesn't happen all the time she was

> in

> > the wrong place at the wrong time and did

> > something which seemed reasonable but with

> > hindsight was risky. Its not her fault that

> some

> > moron with no morals or values decided to get

> in

> > her car and take it. Why can't some of you show

> a

> > little more sympathy and stop being so smug

> about

> > how it would never happen to you, one day it

> > might!

>

> OK I feel sympathy, and it may indeed one day

> happen to me. If I'm stupid enough to leave the

> car running with the keys in it.


And we're all reckoning it's not so much 'if' as ''when'.

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