It never ceases to amaze me that people leave their car keys in an easily accessible place, like hanging around in the hall or near doors or windows.

This thread was provoked by a news item where a bloke had just picked up a new car and it was stolen in the early hours after someone broke in and got the keys.

Just what is the point of car manufacturers making cars very hard (or impossible) to steal without the keys if people just leave them hanging around?

The chap paid over £25,000 for his car and is a bit gutted to say the least. The thing is, if he had £25,000 in bundles of notes, would he leave that lot just hanging around?

OK, so he didn't invite some low-life to break in to the house but leaving a brand-new car on the driveway (or close to it) is just shouting "Yoo-hoo, look what I've got"?

It was said he heard nothing of the break-in and didn't knoww anything about it until he woke in the morning so doesn't that also say something about the ese with which some houses can be broken in to?

I keep my car fob in my pocket, where do you keep yours?