Foreword
CustomerSecurityGuideforInternational
®
Trucks
Thisguidehasbeenpreparedtohelpyouprotectyourvehicle
investmentfromtheft.Werealizethenancialcommitmentyou
havemadeissignicant,andthatyoudependonthatvehicle
togenerateprotsandalivelihood.Vehicletheftcanbemore
thananeconomiccrime.Protectingyourvehiclefromtheft
orhijackingcanbecrucialtothesafetyandsecurityofthe
countryandeconomy.Whilenosystemordeviceis100percent
effective,ourintentionistoprovidesometipsthatyouoryour
driverscanusetoreducetheriskoftheft.
Ifyoususpectvehicletheftactivity,takeaminutetotellthe
NationalInsuranceCrimeBureau(NICB)at1-800-TEL-NICB.
Youcanmakethefreecallanonymously,andyoumight
beeligibleforareward.Tolearnmoreaboutvehicletheft
andhowyoucanprotectyourself,visittheNICB'sWebsite,
www.nicb.org.
AddLayersofProtection
Fourlayersofprotectionarerecommendedforyourvehicle–
themorelayersofprotectiononyourvehicle,themoredifcult
itistosteal.
Layer1:CommonSense
•Lockyourdoors.
•Removeyourkeysfromtheignition.
•Closeyourwindowscompletely.
•Parkinwell-litareas.
•Dropabusinesscardwithyournameonitbetweenthe
glassanddoorframe.Thiscanaidinidentifyingthetruck
whenitisrecovered.
•KeepacopyoftheLineSetTicketinalocationotherthan
yourtruckforreportingpurposes,andacopyoftheVIN
inyourwallet.
•Photographtheinteriorandexteriorofyourtruckfrom
variousanglesandkeepthesephotographsinasafe
non-trucklocationorsendthemtoyourinsuranceagent.
•Reportatheftassoonasitisdiscoveredtothelocalpolice
andtoyourinsurancecompany.
•Postadriverhasnocashsignonyourdoortodiscourage
arobbery.
•PermanentlymountyourCBradioorremoveitwhenyou
willbeawayfromyourtruck.
•Donotdiscusswhereyourvehicleislocatedwhenyou
arenotontheroad.
•Donotshareinformationaboutyourspecicdestination
ortheloadyouarehauling.
•Beconsciousofothervehiclesthatmaybefollowingyou
overlongdistances–callthepolice.
•Besuspiciousofmotoristswhoaresignalingyoutostop
orpullover.Callthepolice,reporttheincident,andlet
thepolicerespond.
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