18—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 27, .1986
Stolen car problem
By JOHN SPENCE
Collegian Staff Writer
According to the Pennsylvania
State Police, an alarming 38,443 cars
were stolen throughout the Common
wealth in 1985.
While that figure marks a decrease
from last year in the number of cars
stolen statewide, stolen cars still rep
resent a problem for many car own
ers, according to Ned Witmer, a state
police supervisor.
"These new cars have better lock
systems on them so it makes it a little
harder for a thief to get into it,"
Witmer said. "But cars are still sto
len every day of the year."
Locally, 91 cars were reported sto
len in Centre County last year, said
Dave Caster, crime prevention spe
cialist with the State College Bureau
of Police Services.
That figure is an increase over 1984,
when 73 cars were reported stolen in
Centre County, he said. In 1983, 81
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cars were reported stolen. State Col
lege police statistics show that three
cars were reported stolen in July,
1986; two in June, 1986; and 47 this
year to date.
Forty-eight cars were reported sto
len at this time last year.
However, Caster explained the fig
ures may be misleading. Sometimes
car owners forget where they parked
their cars and report the vehicles
missing, he said.
Police said many car thefts could
be prevented by following a few sim
ple precautions.
• Always take your car keys with
you. One of the most commonly re
ported explanations for car theft is
that the keys were left in the'ignition.
e Keep spare keys in your wallet
or leave them with a friend, rather
than hiding them in a magnetic key
box underneath the car.
• Lock all doors and close all win
dows.
• Park in well-lighted areas. A
still exists
thief would prefer to work in a dark,
secluded area where detection is less
likely.
• If you park on a street, turn the
steering wheel sharply to the curb to
lock the steering column. This pre
vents the car from being towed from
the rear.
If your car is stolen, call the local
police and your insurance company
at once, police advised.
Caster said the most popular cars
to steal are the bigger luxury cars
and foreign cars. According to the
. Loss Data Institute, a• nationwide
organization that keeps track of sto
len vehicles, the five cars most fre
quently stolen or broken into in the
United States are: the Mercedes 380
SEL; the Cadillac Eldorado; the
Volkswagen Rabbit convertible; the
Mercedes 300 SD; and the BMW 3201.
The car least often broken into or
stolen is the Oldsmobile Firenza sta
tion wagon, the institute reported.
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By MARIA QUICI
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on students with campus parking
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five parking tickets a semester will
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student parking lot, other than Lot
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ticketed.
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