F il the Thief
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Y coincidence, two lorries and their valuable loads of metal were stolen in an ambush a few hours before the vehicles security co mittee of the Road Haulage Association staged their exhibition of sec rity devices in London last week. The drivers were kidnapped and the vehicles were later found abandoned. This well-planned robbery emphasizes the importance of effective measures to safeguard vehicles and loads as far as humanly and mechanically possible.
he first need is obviously for thoroughly reliable drivers whose past records are known, but much can be done to delay and discourage thieves by fitting immobilizing and warning devices. The equipment available is varied, but is not as well known as it might be. Its wider sale might be promoted if some of the large manufacturers took an interest in the subject. Indeed, security devices might then become original equipment. This is a matter to which vehicle manufacturers should give urgent consideration. The cost would be small, but the benefit would be great.
The RH.A. are doing splendid work in publicizing the need for safeguards against theft, and it merits the attention and support of every operator. There are encouraging signs that their advice is now beginning to he heeded.