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How To Prevent Your Catalytic Converter From Being Stolen At The Airport
08.09.2023 - 09:11 / forbes.com
Airports, not surprisingly, are a common place targeted by car thieves, who have their pick of vehicles or get underneath cars and saw off valuable catalytic converters. Should the latter happen, you’ll know as soon you start to drive off and you hear a loud roaring sound.
When a car is parked at the airport, it’s left for a long time, and there’s a low chance that the owner will return and catch the thief in the act, explains Rick Musson, a 21-year law enforcement officer and q safety and security consultant with CarInsuranceComparison.com. Even more: “Thieves appreciate the lower risk of immediate theft discovery,” Musson says. “The longer a thief has to move a stolen car, the less chance they’ll be caught.”
Nationally, catalytic converter thefts have been on the rise, increasing by 1,215% between 2019 and 2022, according to National Insurance Crime Bureau Statistics.
Airport parking lots are hot spots for this category of theft because they give thieves access to several cars all at once, so they can remove multiple catalytic converters in a spree, Musson says.
Read on to learn how to prevent your car, and its catalytic converter, from being stolen from parking lots while you’re out of town.
Airports across the country are stepping up security to prevent car and catalytic converter thefts from their lots.
In Colorado, a leading state for car thefts, 378 vehicles were reported stolen from parking lots at Denver International Airport in the six-month period between Jan. 1 and July 31. To put things in perspective, more than 7 million vehicles parked in the airport’s 51,000 spaces during that time period—so chances are quite slim your car will be stolen. Still, the Common Sense Institute says that in 2022, the thieves stole more motor vehicles from Denver International Airport than any other single location in Colorado.
Airport officials at DIA in July announced several measures to prevent theft, including beefing up its patrol in the airports by contracting with security personnel and the city’s police department and adding 15 High Activity Location Observation (or HALO) security cameras to collect video footage of potential crimes. The airport also says it has technology to alert security should a stolen vehicle enter one of its parking lots.
To avoid having your car stolen, try to park in the premium lots that come with security monitoring, Musson suggests.
You should also park in a lighted area, avoid keeping any valuables in your car, and, if you have GPS monitoring in your vehicle, make sure you set an alert so you know if your vehicle moves, he says.
Steering wheel locks and car alarms can also be deterrents.
Stolen catalytic converters can fetch between $20 to $350 on the black market, but the
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