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

[charliecharlie]

my car insurance states that the car is not covered for theft if the car's left running when unoccupied...

I wonder why they write it into the policy?????

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[*Bob*]

There's no need for the insurance people to discover the details of this little oversight.

Let's just keep it between the 4000 of us.

[LegalEagle-ish]

Lol, it was a bit of a dozy thing to do really, but I hope her car was ok when they found it.

[mazza7103]

I've seen people do this alot. Its generally parents who are rushing around. so far this week I've seen 2 different parents take their child in and leave the car open then go back to their car to pick up shopping. It may seem silly but that does not mean people deserve it. I certainly cant judge a parent rushing around, trying to multi-task. At the end of the day it would be nice to believe that we could leave something for a few seconds and not have it stolen

[Sandperson]

Nice, but not realistic. I never said the person deserved it, just that it's not really a suprise.

[Huguenot]

It. Just. Wouldn't. Occur.... to leave the car running when I'm not in it.

This isn't crazy stuff is it? Why would a nincompoop do that?

It's just stupid. Really thick school. I appreciate all the well wishers, but it's just really really stupid. "Well officer, my son wanted a level surface for his Scrabble letters and the railway seemed to offer the best solution."

Human frailty sympathy. But really. Really stupid. ;-). Please don't confuse this with a lack of love.

[*Bob*]

Oh come on Hugenot, you might have a two year-old Prius (Hybrid, naturally) in prime condition and a fluorescent waistcoat with 'best practice only' written on the back but not everyone comes up to the mark.

So: for everybody who's started their car when it's -5 outside and nipped in to get a defrosting implement, been jump-started after having a flat battery and needed to leave a car running, been working on a engine and needed a tool, or had 'one start' left on the battery and had to go inside to get something you'd forgotten..

I wouldn't leave an engine running under the specific circumstances leading to this loss on this thread, but we've done all the rest and they could just as easily have had the same result.

[Brendan]

So someone does something that I?m pretty sure they realise wasn?t the smartest move and people use it as an excuse to show their self righteousness. I really don?t understand human nature sometimes.

Kindness is free. Unfortunately so is being judgemental and self righteous it seems.

[iaineasy]

hear hear Brendan.

[reggie]

'just give me some tenderness beneath your honesty'..Paul Simon