This is how you can help protect your lorry or commercial vehicle:
Lock it, remove it, alarm it – When leaving your vehicle unattended, first remove valuable items and cash from view, lock it and take the keys with you or leave in a secure drawer or office at work. Overnight, remove tools from vans or if parking up with an empty trailer, leave the doors open. Always set the vehicle alarm and keep fuel tanks locked.
Plan journeys, have an itinerary, no hitch hikers – Have a route planned, including lay-overs, so someone else knows where you are due to be. Where possible, use safe lorry parks or park where visible to passing traffic. Avoid insecure locations like remote laybys and quiet industrial estates. Do not pick up strangers, as you have no idea of their intentions.
Lock your vehicle and check it – Even when on the move, making deliveries or refuelling, keep your vehicle locked and the keys with you. Before you start off again, visually inspect your vehicle to see if anything has changed and why that may be.
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Check your insurance policy for any further requirements