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Preventing vehicle thefts- tips from GM security lead

Techstination feature for Monday, July 27, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.     There were 650 thousand vehicles stolen in the U.S. last year…that’s one every 48 seconds.    And there are things we can all do to help with prevention.  Number one?   At GM, George Baker is the Vehicle Security Lead..

“You really need to protect that key because our estimation is about half of all vehicle thefts occur with the assigned key.  So you want to treat that key fob as if it were an envelope stuffed full of hundred dollar bills.  You certainly wouldn’t want to hang that envelope right inside your front door or the door to your garage which is where many keys are stored, unfortunately.”

And often keys or fobs are left in parked vehicles.   Also…make use of your garage if you have one. He says it pays to make room.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.

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