Locking taxicab doors --- do you always do this?  

Hi Qamarep,
Well, it is a good thing for you there in your place. You feel safe and confident while riding a taxi.

Unlike here where people have to be on their toes all the time especially bringing things of value and of interest to robbers. Just this afternoon, the taxi driver told me that he always tells his passengers to lock the door because at one time, a robber immediately opened the door of the taxi and snatched the bracelet of his passenger.

Hi Shadow41,
That is one good thing you are doing. We should always be careful to lock the doors of the taxicabs we take. We never know when the robbers strike.

Some scenes in movies also made me think that things are possible in real life. What if a robber or a hold-upper is being pursued by the police and in his effort to get away with them, finds the taxicab you are riding. He can easily get into the car because the doors are not locked. Then he takes the passenger as hostage and directs the driver to bring him elsewhere on gunpoint. These movie scenes can happen in actual life.
So, as you say, better safe than sorry.

Hi Joseline,
It is always better to do that and tell the driver to also lock from his side. Some drivers tell you to lock the door. Some new taxi units now have simultaneous lock for the four doors. Some drivers automatically lock all of them. Robbers are now very bold in their acts and they now open doors just to get your bags or other valuable things.

Hi Jahernandezrivas,
It is always advisable and better to practice doing that. My oldest son now drives our car and I always remind him not to leave the doors unlocked.

It would be too risky especially driving alone --- people could easily get inside the car and sit behind --- scary then if he has a gun pointed at you to bring him somewhere else after robbing you.

That is so so true!!!! Remember always lock and look in front behind and all around you!!!! Take Care! Have a good day and stay safe!

Drivers should be extra cautious and wary of the surroundings. Nowadays, robbers and hold-uppers have "improved" in their ways --- they now ride on motorcycles. There had been reports of snatching incidents from pedestrians by robbers on wheels. It is scary nowadays and people should be watchful and careful anywhere they go.

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