QUESTION 1

Every year, vehicle theft became a very serious concern in our country. Statistical report shows that vehicle loss from year to year. ith the unstable economic situation, use! part nowa!ays havin" a hi"h !eman! in mar#et because of the cost is cheaper than the "enuine part. In a!!ition, there are unscrupulous to ta#e a!vanta"e by usin" spare parts from the stolen car. It is ma!e worse because there are syn!icates that wor# with the wor#shop owners who are willin" to buy ille"al parts stolen. $ccor!in" to the "raph shown in the %uestion paper, vehicle theft statistics show a si"nificant increase from 1&'( to )(1(. The theft of the most wi!ely reporte! is motorcycles an! followin" by private cars. *i#e theft is the hi"hest recor!e! in )((+, a total of 1,(,((( cases. -eanwhile, the car theft was recor!e! ,(,((( cases in )(('. -otorcycles theft cases showe! a very !rastic increase from year )((. to )((/, an increase of +0,((( cases. *ut it starte! to !ecline since year )((+ to )((&. There are some preventive measures we can ta#e to solve this problem from continuin" to sprea!, especially vehicle owners themselves. One way is vehicle owners nee! to put the vehicle carefully. They nee! to ensure that par#in" place is !esi"nate! places only. *ut our behaviour that li#es to par# the vehicle in!iscriminately also became the factor of stolen vehicle. It is even better if the vehicle is par#e! in well1lit an! easily seen by the public. Not only that, we also shoul! avoi! leavin" valuables in the car such as laptops. Therefore, we shall !ouble chec# the vehicle before leavin" it in a public place. *esi!es that, they shoul! e%uip the vehicle with a suitable alarm system. -any new cars on the mar#et alrea!y e%uippe! with alarm system that was installe! from the factory. *ut this alarm system is alrea!y #nown its wea#ness by those who are more e2pert in stealin" the vehicle. 3ar thieves only nee! to wait for the vehicle owner left the vehicle an! easily they can open an! switch off the alarm. To avoi! such inci!ents, vehicle owners shoul! have to install alarm systems that are !ifficult to repro"ram. *ut in this way, they nee!s to spen! more to buy a new alarm system. hen thieves see somethin" valuable thin"s in the vehicle, this will encoura"e them to steal it.

$part from that, an easier way to prevent the vehicle from bein" stolen is by usin" the steerin" loc#. Steerin" loc# is not only easy to use, but it only re%uires a low cost for those who are less fortunate. *esi!es of usin" the steerin" loc#, we can use the shift "ear loc#. Usin" the shift "ear loc# is the safest way to prevent the vehicle from bein" stolen because we nee! to chan"e the shift mo!e from neutral to other "ear to move the car. Therefore, the car thief will not be able to !o anythin" on the vehicle with the shift "ear is in loc# mo!e. There are also some mo!els have an internal "ear loc# that was installe! from the factory. 4or motorcycles owners, they may be usin" a lot of wheel loc# that available in the mar#et. In conclusion, the measures mentione! above can be applie! to overcome the problem of vehicle theft in this country. 3ooperation from all parties is very important in re!ucin" the number of theft cases reporte! annually.