People who dont lock their doors

[carboy2017]

I know this is downright crazy, but I actually know a elderly lady who does not lock her back door as she says in her village there are no burglaries,that she has no valuables at home ,she might get locked out from the front door or misplace her keys so need to come inside

I tried telling many times that its downright dangerous and stupid but she does not seem to get it and thinks I'm over cautious

Anyone know someone like that who does stupid things

[RTB]

My dad still quite often leaves the keys in the ignition of his car for days at a time. He's a retired farmer and he always had the habit of leaving the keys in every bit of farm machinery and the various cars, pickups etc that were scattered about. When you're flitting between different cabs having a pocket full of keys isn't ideal. He still jumps out of the car without taking the keys with him.....

[supercommuter]

I used to live in the countryside and had a supermoto (motorbike) that did not have an ignition, just an on and off switch; that used to just live on the road side. We used to leave our front and back doors open as well.

Those were the days...

[GIYess]

Loads of people. Used to be fairly theft free in NI but not now. As a result over the last 10 yrs there are stories of tractors/cars/quads/forklifts/classics getting stolen. Farms around here used to be completely open but now are slowly being secured with new doors on sheds with big padlocks etc. Sad that its gone that way.

I was born in the Scottish highlands and literally no one ever locked doors or took keys from the ignition ever. Everyone knew everyone else so it was virtually impossible to steal anything. Sadly this has also changed with a lot of non locals moving in.

[Shakermaker]

My wife's uncle and aunt never lock their door, in Devon

My grandparents were the same in the Lake District

[nicanary]

Not quite the same thing, but I've come across countless numbers of houses where the key to a Yale lock is left in all day long, presumably to allow other family members to come and go without the need to use a key. Seems a bit risky to me.

[Timmay0]

carboy2017 said:

I know this is downright crazy, but I actually know a elderly lady who does not lock her back door as she says in her village there are no burglaries,that she has no valuables at home ,she might get locked out from the front door or misplace her keys so need to come inside

I tried telling many times that its downright dangerous and stupid but she does not seem to get it and thinks I'm over cautious

Anyone know someone like that who does stupid things

You could show her the crime map for her area from police.uk - it's very tempting to think that there's no crime if you don't hear about it directly, seeing the statistics could be a wake up call.

[carboy2017]

risky and foolish in my view

nicanary said:

Not quite the same thing, but I've come across countless numbers of houses where the key to a Yale lock is left in all day long, presumably to allow other family members to come and go without the need to use a key. Seems a bit risky to me.

[jonamv8]

one way to invalidate your insurance policies!

[bongtom]

You should enter your elderly neighbour via the backdoor. That'll show 'er.

[Never you mind]

We never lock our doors. Our lass sometimes leaves her keys in the car for days on end.

The theft was a quad from a local farm.

[john2443]

Friends had a terraced house in Brighton in the 90s where there was no access to the back garden without going through a house - the terrace went all the way round the block, so faced 4 different roads.

When they bought it, it didn't have a lock on the back door!

[bongtom]

john2443 said:

Friends had a terraced house in Brighton in the 90s where there was no access to the back garden without going through a house - the terrace went all the way round the block, so faced 4 different roads.

When they bought it, it didn't have a lock on the back door!

Maybe someone stole it.

[JamesRF]

So what are the insurance implications for people admitting to leaving car keys in the ignition for days and keys in house doors?

[brrapp]

When we sold our last house the new owners solicitors insisted on a full set of keys and we had to search for door keys as they hadn't been used for years. We eventually found keys for two of the doors but had to fit new locks to three more house doors and about five or six to outbuildings.
Four years on, the new owners have never used any of the locks yet and the huge bundle of keys is still in the drawer we left them in.
Not many people lock doors round here.

[Alpacaman]

People in this area rarely lock their houses or cars. The people we bought the house from used to go on holiday and leave it unlocked, there is generally very little crime and strangers tend to stand out. We lock up if we are out, but if we are home the door isn't locked, to be honest nobody can get near the house without being seen by the dogs.

[Sheepshanks]

jonamv8 said:

one way to invalidate your insurance policies!

No forced entry requirement on ours. I cancelled one policy which, when it arrived, had a requirement to lock the windows - no way would ever be able to keep up with that.

I do lock up if we're out and at night though, but otherwise the front door is unlocked - just opens with a handle.

Oddly Mrs S doesn't like the side door into the kitchen being left unlocked but gets cross if she goes to the front door and it's locked.

[jonamv8]

JamesRF said:

So what are the insurance implications for people admitting to leaving car keys in the ignition for days and keys in house doors?

generally speaking you are not covered

negligence

[talkssense]

Hardly anyone round here locks their doors. Postmen leave things in the hall or on kitchen table when people are out.

I work in other people’s house most of the time, the majority just tell us the door will be open or where the key is hidden (normally under the door mat or a pot by the front door)

Very little crime. Tbh I would hate the idea of feeling like I needed to lock up all the time.

[anonymous-user]

I am always seeing cars outside our local shops with the engine running, keys in the ignition, while the driver is inside buying fags / paper / pasties. I'm always tempted to move them up the road a bit