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• Every armored car must be registered at the Public Security State Departments - the CM Blindado armored cars have these registrations always actualized. Verify that the indicated armoring company actually exist. It’s very usual at this area the company’s closing from one moment to the other. Verify how long the armoring was made. Doesn’t worth it if the armoring was made more than five years ago. Because the material an the techniques of protection evolved since then. Also check if all the services were made. You must know if the renting cars company have the armoring certificate, with the company’s name, protection level guaranteed and the date that the service was made.

• Bodywork - check tires, car´ s columns of the bodywork, sit belt’s anchors, doors handles, mirrors, division between the motor and the cabin, trunk and back seat.

• Airtight closing and finishing - check the wheels and if there are no internal pieces lost.

• Mechanics – elastics, shock absorbers, and brakes might be wasted because of the weight’s increase.

• Electric windows – even that you shouldn’t open the windows, check that they normally go up and down.

• Glasses - Bubbles and unpeeled marks cant be more than 1 cm³. Fissures until 5 cm are no compromising the glass protection. The Delaminated and whitish glasses required to be changed.

• Documents - never carry the original car’s documents in the car. (Deltran´s authenticated copy it’s aloud).

• Objects inside the car - you must put the bags, purses, coats, briefcases, portfolios in the car’s trunk. Also keep out of site cell phones, watches and jewelry.

• Circulation - before getting in to the car or o parking, look around you to avoid possible suspects near from you. When you get into the car, close immediately all the doors and verify that the window’s are closed. This is for taxis also, when we take a taxi, the best thing to do is to carry your bag or portfolio near from you, verifying that the doors are closed. There has been cases that bike drivers opened the doors to the passenger and took away the bag or portfolio that was over the back seat.

• Interjections - one tip is to stop at the right side of the road. Thieves use to stop on the left side of the street, so it’s easier to attack the driver fast and directly because he’s also at the left side of the car. An other important thing to be remembered is never by anything at the corners. Avoid to give charity, remember that at the moment that you open a little cleft of the window, you’re being vulnerably. To help somebody, make a donation to an honest charity organization.

• When you stop at the traffic light - To avoid thieves action , don’t show necklaces, medals, chains, bracelets, or any other jewels.

• In case of collision - don’t stop to argue little misunderstandings or cracks, specially at night. The thieves do that things on purpose to assault you. If you were a victim of some collision that seems to be on purpose, specially in deserted places in night hour, don’t stop to check the damages. Thieves get advantage from this moment of distraction. Go to the nearest police official and tell him what happened. In case of assault don’t resist it. There is no price for your life. If you were in an armored car, talk thru the megaphone and go to a lightly place. Call by the cell phone to the police.

• In slow traffic - or congest. A possible tactic is to maintain some distance from the previous car. Ten or fifteen meters will be enough. In case that this car stops, this space will be fundamental for the driver’s manoeuvres so he can deviate the car and pass the previous one. This wont aloud to pass people from one car to the other.

• In free traffic - mostly at night, the suggestion is to reduce the velocity before getting to the signal, when it’s red. The other cars that will stop at the signal will be taking more risks to be boarded.

• Anti robbery devices - prepare your car with mechanisms to difficult the delinquent’s action. Like : a mechanical obstacle for pedals and wheel, electrical fuel switcher, alarm, etc. Thieves choose the easier cars to be stolen. The music equipment are the accessories most looked by thieves. Install removable record players and take it with you each time you park the car on the street. In case that you cant take it with you, then hide it under the seat or in the trunk.

• Out of the car - when you walk on the street, don’t stop to give information to strangers. The thieve stop you for asking something and then he announce the assault. The best thing to do, is answer while you keep walking.

• 24 Hours Cash - this is an other big risk. If it’s inevitable, go to Shopping Malls and places with special security., always at day. The same tip for banks too.

• Credit and Bank Cars - must carry them out of wallet, hidden. The checks books are a safer option, they are easy to replace and thieves doesn’t want them. An other tip is to have some cash in the wallet then the thieve will go away faster, to avoid a longer and more violent assault, like “mini- kidnaps”.

• Aun siendo cuidadoso - nobody it’s 100% safe from attacks, in one second of distraction. In that case it’s important not trying to escape and don’t make any abrupt movements. It doesn’t worth to have guns, there wont be enough time to use them. If the thieve find them out, this will put the victim in more danger and it only worth to increase thieves arsenal.

• Tips for armored car’s drivers:

1- To have basic knowledge of defensive action.
2- To have good physical, mental and psychological balance. How? The person that drives an armored car must know the car’s limits. He must know what to do to avoid panic in case of an aggressive attack by assailants or kidnapers.

Must know a little bit of guns. Which guns tolerates the armored car and how are these guns? People, specially women, don’t know about guns. The way of knowing a little bit more about them it’s in the Internet.