Good for you. When you take over a business/office/operation you sometimes have to get rid of a few problem employees. If you don't, they'll take up all of your energy. It runs better after that.
Canadians in Churchill, Manitoba (Hudson Bay) leave their vehicle doors unlocked for safety
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I don't have time for that... I leave the keys in the ignition of everything at home. Its all insured and I'm not too attached to any of it... My wife loves to look for her keys in the morning, mine are where I left them!
At the farmsupply I leave them in the ignition as sometimes they need to move your car to get the forklift onto a pallet of whatever.
Wheel lock lugs go in the scrap pile too, as I don't want to have wheels worth stealing.
I also hate getting into a stupid hot car in the summer so my windows are always cracked if the forecast is good.
I live in a town where many people leave everything open, so I could do what you are doing if I wanted, without any ill effects.
But I guess I like the idea to keep things all locked up anyway, just in case of some delivery person of some out of tower getting a temptation.
Probably an overlooked thing to lock is the car doors while you're driving. I've heard of people on the news stopping for a red light,
and some car jackers coming to the car and opening their unlocked doors and demanding that they exit the car.
Patman
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Most new cars these days will automatically lock their doors once you start moving. My 2016 Civic and 2018 Corvette both do this
I don't have power locks or windows on my trucks.
You can turn usually turn it off if you want. The Outback was fairly annoying to us at first, with all the binging and beeping and door locking, but if you go through the menu it all can be shut off.
Do you drive something a carjacker wants? If the guy has a gun, it doesn't matter if my door is locked or not, he's welcome to my car. If no gun, he better be fast on his feet, as I am going into reverse and cranking the wheel to run him over....
In the normal world, there are advantages to having your doors stay unlocked. It's not hard to imagine a crash where you're unconscious and paramedics or rescuers can't open the doors to get at you.
Patman
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They would just smash your windows to get to you so there is really nothing that’s going to stop them from helping you
Hmm, I don't carry anything normally that would break a normal side window? I guess my foot could, but I've never tried. I'm not a trained responder so I probably wouldn't think to grab my multi-tool out of the glove box on my way out, if I saw a car on fire.
Side windows on some cars like the Outback, and most luxury cars, are laminated like windshields, so they don't break easily at all. Car jacking is less likely for most of us than getting hit by lightning, so unless you are driving in bad neighborhoods or a targeted SUV in Toronto or Montreal, you are pretty safe.
Patman
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A tire iron from your trunk will easily break a window. But also, first responders would likely have the right tool for breaking a window