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Show The Robin and the Auto Thief Auto thieves are the real signs of spring, says an automobile auto-mobile club road manager. Pleasant days inspire the would-be would-be joy-rider to go forth and lay hands on a parked machine belonging to someone else. This observer says about half the stolen cars are recovered, but are in terrible condition. "They run them till the oil is gone and the bearings burnt out." . , , . , The professional thief is always with us, and needs to be guarded against as a matter of routine. But the spring thief is a lad with spring's craze upon him to be some place where he-isn't. He doesn't know how to treat a car; nor if he did, would he care about the car of the other fellow. Cars should be doublv locked wherever they are parked, and if possible thev should be parked in full sight cf passers-by. passers-by. The unlocked car parked in a dark or lonely place is nuts for the thief. Prevention is better than recovery especially if recovery is going to mean an enormous repair bill. |
