Saturday, June 24, 2006

Do Not Speed

In addition to being illegal and dangerous, not obeying the speed
limit can cost you big.


Most rental cars have a "black box". One student looked at his
charge bill and found an unauthorized charge from a car rental
company. He fought it but lost. The "black box" registered him as
speeding and the $450 charge was allowed by the agreement. This is
more common than you think.



Reminders:

YOUR SPEEDOMETER MAY BE INACCURATE.
IF YOU DRIVE IN CANADA, GET A SPECIAL INSURANCE CARD FROM YOUR
COMPANY OR YOU MAY NOT BE COVERED. (ONLY A FEW DOLLARS).

Possible ways to prevent carjackings

> 1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your
body. If
> you are close enough to use it, do!
>
>
>
> 2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber
asks for
> your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from
> you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or
purse
> than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER
> DIRECTION!
>
>
>
> 3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back
tail
> lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The
> driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
>
>
>
> 4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating,
> working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a
list, etc.
> DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the
perfect
> opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to
your head,
> and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE
DOORS
> AND LEAVE.
>
>
>
> 5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking
> garage:
>
> A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side
> floor, and in the back seat.
>
> B..) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the
passenger
> door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into
their
> vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
>
> C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the
> passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your
car, you
> may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a
guard/policeman to
> walk you back out.
>
> IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than
dead.)
>
>
>
> 6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are
horrible
> places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
>
>
>
> 7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN!
> The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times;
And even
> then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
>
>
>
> 8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may
get you
> raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a g ood-looking,
well
> educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting
women. He
> walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his
vehicle
> or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
>
>
>
> 9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard
a crying
> baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police
because
> it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her
"Whatever you
> do, DO NOT open the door."
>
>
>
> The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a
window,
> and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run
over. The
> policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do,
DO NOT
> open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a
baby's cry
> recorded, and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that
someone
> dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had
several
> calls by women saying that they hear baby crying outside their
doors, when
> they're home alone at night.
>
>
>
> Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby. This
e-mail
> should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was
> mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they
profiled the
> serial killer in Louisiana.
>
>

Find out where the red light cameras are

Check out

www.photoenforced.com

for the location of intersections withcameras spotting "red light" violators in your area.

Find the cheapest gas in any neighborhood

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx



Check this out. Just put in your zip code (right corner) and this willtell you the lowest gas prices in your neighborhood. It will also nameand map the stations and arrange the info from lowest to highest.Try it. It works.

Useful links

Useful insurance information

To make sure you do not pay too much for auto insurance or do not haveenough of it, go to the Nypirg site below before you renew your policy.http://www.nypirg.org/consumer/auto/