VIA AOL AUTOS: 10 Tips For Keeping Your Car Safe And Money In Your Wallet 1. Lock Your Doors While this piece of advice should be a no-brainer, up to a quarter of vehicle thefts are from unlocked cars, according to some law enforcement agencies. Even if you’re running into the store for a Coke, […]

VIA HOW STUFF WORKS: With the advent of the deadbolt in the 1960s, residential burglaries began their descent [source­: Sullivan]. As more homes installed them in the 1970s, burglaries went on a steady decline and reached a plateau in the past few years. Today, 25 percent of homes in the United States have electronic security […]