The Key to Your Safety

In these days of growing crime, here’s a little trick to help protect you.

Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you’re sleeping on board in your home port and hear a noise on deck or, if at home, hear someone trying to break into your house, just press the panic button on the key fob of your car keys.

The alarm will be set off and the car horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off, or the car battery dies.

Think of your car keys as a security alarm system which requires no installation. But test it first! Your car alarm should activate from almost anywhere inside your boat or house providing, of course, your car is within range.

If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in, after a few seconds, all the neighbours will be looking out of their port holes to see who is out there and odds are the attacker won't stick around. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work there, too.