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In the Time It Takes to Read This, Your Car Could be Gone
(ARA) - Several cars will be stolen in the time it takes you to read this article. Maybe even yours.
Despite the prevalence of increasingly sophisticated factory-installed and aftermarket auto security systems, motor vehicle theft is once again on the rise. The Insurance Information Institute reports that a car is stolen every 27 seconds in the United States.
Brett Ploumen learned about car theft first hand last year. His 1992 Chevrolet Astrovan was stolen from a strip mall in Santa Ana, Calif., while he was dining with friends. Police found the butchered hulk three days later -- minus the entire front end of the car.
"These guys cut the vehicle up -- the only thing they left was the VIN number on the dashboard so they could trace it back to me." The insurance settlement was satisfactory, but Ploumen says he never wants to go through that experience again. He purchased a Power Lock aftermarket security system for his replacement vehicle -- another Astrovan -- and he advises others to add a security system to their vehicle as well.
"There's a lot of money to be made in vehicle theft," says Ed Sparkman, spokesman for the National Insurance Crime Bureau in Chicago. According to the FBI, the estimated value of motor vehicles stolen in the United States in 2001 was $8.2 billion, up from $7.8 billion in 2000. Add that a car can be worth several times its value in the underground market for replacement parts, and it's easy to see why auto theft is the No. 1 property crime.
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