‘Frosting’ and ‘Car Jacking’

The
recent cold spell has brought an increase in the car crime of
“frosting” and “carjacking” warnsCar Insuranceexperts
theAA. This week car thieves in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, West
Midlands, Northamptonshire and Berkshire have been on the look-out to steal
cars left unoccupied with the engine running as the owner tries to de-frost the
windows.

A
woman driver from Berkshire has been badly injured as a result of one such
incident. AACar Insurancehas warned
that car owners who start their car on a frosty morning and then go back
indoors, even for a moment, leave themselves open to the vehicle being stolen
and not being covered by their insurance.

In
the past police forces from Central Scotland to Northamptonshire have warned of
the dangers of frosting. As cars have become more secure the determined thief
will target the car keys.

Commenting,
Edmund King, AA president, said: “We have heard of a spate of frosting
thefts across the country. This can be a double blow to the drivers who lose
their cars and may not be covered by insurance. We have heard of organised
criminals cruising the suburbs looking for unattended cars. Car keys are the
weakest link in the car security chain and should be guarded like cash”.

The
AA advises motorists to give themselves more time on frosty mornings to de-ice
the car using a scraper rather than leaving the engine running and risk having
the car stolen.

Leaving
the carrunning may also break the law. A motorist has been fined 30 for
defrosting his car outside his home because he left it unattended with the
engine running. The police warn it is also an offence to leave a car unattended
with the engine running on the public highway.

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