Smash and Grab Prevention Tips

Follow Our Smash and Grab Prevention Tips to Protect Valuables and Vehicle Occupants

Apart from the invasion of privacy, the trauma associated with vehicle break-ins, hijackings and smash & grabs, in addition to loss of valuables and thus financial loss, is enough reason to take preventative steps in protecting against criminal acts. A few smash and grab prevention tips are shared below to help you stay safe and protect valuables in your vehicle.

Visibility of Items & People

Criminals lurking at intersections often work together and communicate by means of mobile phones. Although you may be safe at one robot, the criminal pretending to be street hawker or beggar looks through the windows to see where valuables are placed. When you thus stop at the next intersection, a criminal in contact with one at a previous intersection already knows what is in the vehicle and where it is placed. You are distracted on the one side while another criminal smashes the window on the passenger side and grabs the cell phone, your purse, notebook, bags or handbag. It happens in seconds.

The best way to prevent such actions is to ensure that all valuables are out of sight. For optimal protection have tinted smash and grab film fitted. The film will not only make it difficult for criminals to see how many occupants are in the vehicle, but also where items are placed. As such, they will look for easier targets.

The film furthermore provides protection against window breakage as the result of a smash and grab attempt. They will certainly not be able to break the window on the first or second attempt. In many instances and depending on the thickness of the film fitted, they will have to struggle for a long time before they succeed in breaking a window. This of course, makes your vehicle a no-no for most criminals at intersections.

Keep Doors Locked

It is surprising how many people are hijacked or attacked simply because they drive with unlocked doors. If you want to be safe, you need to keep the criminals out through locked doors.

Keep Windows Rolled Up

Even if the vehicle is fitted with smash & grab film and you drive with open windows, you will become an easy target.  Rather be safe. Use the air-con for air circulation and keep windows rolled up.

Take the first step in preventing such attacks. Follow the above tips and call us to fit smash & grab film on your vehicle’s windows.