Bigbazza wrote:
> A MUST READ, very educational for your wife, daughter, sister friends
> etc.!
>
> It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
>
>
> 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.
>
Most cars these days have a safety latch on the inside of the trunk so you
can't be locked in. Doesn't help if you can't reach it or if the car is an
older model.

> 4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,
> eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their cheque book, or
> making a list, etc

We do?! That's funny, the first thing I do when I get in my car is lock the
door, start the engine, put on my seat belt and drive off. I've never sat
in my car doing the things described above.

> 5 . A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or
> parking garage:
>
> A.) Be awa look around you, look into your car, at the passenger
> side floor , and in the back seat.
>
True.

> B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the
> passenger door.
>
I never purposely park next to a van (or a big truck). This is definitely
something to be cautious about. Never fails I'll come out of a store and
find myself hemmed in by one or the other, though.

> 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.
>
A good tip. A guard or policeman may not be around but you may want to ask
a store employee (like the "bag boy" at the grocery store) to walk out with
you. There's safety in numbers.

> 8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP...It may
> get you raped, or killed.
>
Most people here will tell you, I'm not all that sympathetic LOL

> Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man,
> who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women.
>
True. Most of his victims were college girls, often around college
campuses. It IS important to tell young, impressionable women to exercise a
lot of caution. Travel in packs (so to speak) when possible.

> 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.
>
I'll hit him with my cane

> 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.'
>
Not true. MG posted the link to snopes dispelling this myth.

Jill