On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:14:36 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>JBurns wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 27 Jun 2017 01:25:56 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2017-06-26, Janet > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'd be very surprised if any insurer would pay up on goods
>> stolen >> from an unlocked car. They certainly wouldn't here.
>> >
>> > Be surprised!
>> >
>> > I got my toolbox stolen outta my car. Insurance paid off and never
>> > questioned whether the doors were locked or not. Almost $800USD.
>> >
>> > OTOH, hadda list everything and its worth from my toolbox. Only
>> > Snap-On and Mac Tools had a catalog that listed everything I'd lost.
>> >
>> > This was in the 80s.
>> >
>> > nb
>>
>> Here it is an offence to leave an unattended vehicle unlocked.
>> Insurance will not pay if the vehicle was not secure, not sure how
>> they would know if the whole vehicle was stolen, especially if it is
>> not recovered.
>>
>> JB
>
>There's some funny (but serious too) things about a city in Canada
>where it's illegal to lock your car because they have to be open for
>emergency escape from Polar Bears.

That should be the case in parts of Australia too, to escape the Drop
Bears.

JB