GPS Safety Warning
If you have a GPS unit in your car, keep it hidden when your vehicle is unoccupied, especially if you pre-programmed addresses in it. GPS units are a popular target of thieves. Having it in plain sight is an invitation for someone to break your window and steal it.
And, if that's not enough, consider this. You're out shopping and a thief steals your GPS. They turn it on and click "home" from the list of pre-programmed addresses. By the time you return to your car, report the crime and write up a report with the police officer, the thief will have also robbed your home.
Realistically, you probably don't need to program home into your GPS. Chances are that you know how to get there without any help! If you really want to program it, call it something else. Label it "Bill" or "Susie" or something that only you would know is your home address. You could avoid a major hassle.
posted by Lucy Stern @ 7:13 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
We don't own a GPS and it sounds like we might want to keep it that way. Good safety tip Lucy.
Annie, I don't have one either, but my sisters and several friends have one.... I don't think I'll ever get one after reading this...lol
That's a great tip. And one I wouldn't have thought of.
It's my first visit to your blog and I really like it.
Thanks for sharing,
gabriele
Good idea. I'm not worried though. Our GPS can't find our house anyway.
Lucy
That is some good advice. I have mine listed as home because once I get to the big city I usually can't get out without the GPS. Tomorrow 'home' will have a different name. THANK YOU. Good, good, advice.
Ralph
I don't have a GPS, but that is good advice!
Thanks for sharing this information. I will pass it on. I am amazed at how many ways dishonest people find to rob us.
Happy New year!
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