West Midlands Police issued a warning against leaving idling cars unattended after 20 vehicles with a total value of £300,000 were stolen from outside homes. And the Association of British Insurers said insurance companies may consider leaving a car with the key in the ignition as not constituting reasonable care and refuse to meet a claim.
An ABI spokesman said: 'If an owner leaves the car on the road with the engine running it would be hard to prove a case of reasonable care. They would only have a case if the thief had to scale a gate or a wall to get to the car.'
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