this is another Law that can be used on Us poor motorists by the Highway Patrol in NSW if they want more revenue...

car must be locked with windows nearly all the way up..

If there are kids in the car.. they must be taken with You...
its illegal to lock them in the car....

Now someone who fills Your car up with fuel - like in the old days - then takes the money and gives change....
will make a fortune if these rules are activated..

[they were in Singleton NSW early last year]

LEE

Lee,

Last time I bought fuel and left the car unlocked, a few local kids played a prank and filled it up with a stink bomb.

It is easier to lock it.

Newt

I work at a caltex and laugh at people that lock their cars whilst filling up!
You're Two feet away at most. And if they play a prank, check the CV and report the little buggers!!!

thieves and scum are opportunists!! lock the car every time

Tried to lock the buggy, failed miserably.

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Originally posted by Craig Torrens ^

Thanks to this thread I locked my car doors today when I filled up... Fml

another Law broken quite frequently in the country...

outside Woolworths or Coles on a 40C degrees day You will find a 4wd usually with kids sitting in it with the engine and air conditioner going....
while the driver is inside woolies or coles..

windows are up... doors locked ??

engine going - kids inside.... would be illegal...

I see this all the time...

LEE

PS: My daughter in law had the engine going, air con on and got out of the car [parked on a hill] to see a friend for a minute... ??
grandson got out of the back door, got into the front moved the gearlever to reverse ... a tree stopped the car going into the house... by wrecking the door.... Lee

Always wondered about that central locking thingie, thinking about the layout of a car the most central thing that you could lock would be the gear stick, spose that's what gets locked then.

No doubt you are a card Donn. We will have to deal with you. lol

bah!!

I leave my keys hanging in the dashboard most of the time!


Smiley

me too with car windows open.

its good being in a family home with family outside all the time in the country with no one around.

I;ve often left the bug sitting at the bowser with keys still in the ignition, not usually on purpose though.
there wouldnt be many people out there stupid enough to steal something as stand outish as a modified beetle
especially in a rural town like here, everyone in the area knows my bug anyway

if i lock my car i cant open the fuel lid! would have to open fuel lid, lock car, fill up with fuel, unlock car, close fuel lid, lock car and go and pay for it.

Well i guess I could say that is why i don't live in NSW nor ever want to. LOL

I usually take the keys out of my cars at the servo just so that some of my mates don't decide to play some of their outlandish pranks they have been known to do.

As for my Kombi try your hardest kids as my ignition barrel is worn and simply turning the key won't start the car hehehehehe

The joys of owning an old VW!! Love it......

I undo my fuel cap, then lock the car with a key (its a ford, central lock dont work), then fill up, then pay, then come back and unlock and drive away. Its no problem at all. I've been doing this since before it was law. You never leave the kids in the car. My sister let the car handbrake off when she was little and it rolled into traffic. Potential fatality. Another time she was playing with the cigarette lighter. Burnt her leg badly. But what if she dropped it and the car caught fire? Fatality. What if the car is stolen in the 30 seconds you are paying for fuel and your kid is in the car. Happens a lot. What if theif crashes your car doing a runner? So many bad things could happen.

Or you can always use a servo that lets you pay at the pump and not worry about it if locking your car is an inconveniance.

I have always locked my car when refuelling and going to pay. The couple of seconds it takes to lock and unlock saves a lot of headache of someone trying to pinch your car with a full tank of fue,l driving off with it, and then setting it alight or taking it for a very long joy ride.

It's an unfortunate part of today's life that we have to lock everything up.

Nothin personal, but in my part of the world, the courts and coppers are for people who care.

Newt