| Each year there are countless of children and adults | | | | your car before getting in. |
| who are abducted. How can you keep yourself safe? | | | | - When parking in a lot next to a van, get INTO your |
| How can you teach your children to defend | | | | car on the passenger side. Most women or children |
| themselves? Following are a few proven tips that may | | | | are abducted while getting into their vehicle on the |
| help should the unspeakable occur... | | | | driver side. |
| - If you are close enough to the assailant, your elbow | | | | - Always TAKE an elevator instead of stairs. Stair |
| is the strongest point of your body. USE IT! | | | | ways are lonely and elevators with other people are |
| - If your wallet or purse is demanded, don't just hand it | | | | much safer. |
| over. Throw it far from you. The time taken to retrieve | | | | - If an assailant has a gun ALWAYS run! Chances of |
| it will give you just enough time to RUN! | | | | being hit by a bullet when you are moving is slim. |
| - Many times you may find yourself in the trunk of a | | | | - Be CAUTIOUS when helping someone in need. |
| car. KICK OUT a tail light and wave your hand | | | | Those are lures to a sympathetic female. |
| frantically. The driver won't see you but many people in | | | | - You've heard it before - a baby crying in the middle |
| back of the car will. | | | | of the night. DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR! Call the |
| - If you are a woman, don't just sit in your car after | | | | police. |
| shopping. LOCK your door immediately once you get | | | | - Hear water outside? CALL THE POLICE! This is |
| in. A predator just may be watching you. | | | | sometimes used as a lure to get you to open your |
| - If someone else is already in your car, STEP on the | | | | door. |
| gas pedal and run into a parked car, tree, or anything | | | | Granted...in today's society, you can become paranoid. |
| that will grab someone else's attention. Once the car is | | | | But it is always safe to be a paranoid LIVE person |
| stopped, RUN! | | | | than a paranoid DEAD person! |
| - In a parking garage, LOOK throughout the inside of | | | | |