Public Safety Tip #1

As you can all see, I failed quite miserably at posting every day in Novemeber. I had really good intentions of doing so, but I just couldn’t pick myself up and place myself in front of my computer. I am currently sitting at our new computer! It’s great!

Anyway, back to the originally schedule blog.

My coworker told me a story of what happened to her recently. She was leaving Target in Castleton. She was at a stoplight (if you’re familar with that area, it’s the only one by Target). She and her 14 year old son were in the car. She saw someone cross the road behind their car and noticed that he ducked down behind her car. She locked the doors immediately. She then saw him creep up on the side of the car and grab her door handle (she was in the driver’s seat). She screamed and the guy took off running.

She did call the police the following day to report the incident. It’s quite terrifying for me to think about. I’ve been pretty paranoid about locking my car while driving now, because it never occured to me that it could happen–you could of course always slam on the gas, but what if the guy was quick with a knife or a gun.

I thought I’d share that with you, to make you ponder your own safety. It’s not meant to scare, but hopefully could prevent something from happening to you.