I saw this list of tips on Face Book and was encouraged by the source person to share it with as many as possible. I thought this info would be very important for parents and for parents to pass on to their kids.
1. The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to the
attacker then use it! Suggestion: Dig the attacker really hard in the ribs or stomach.
Using your elbow makes it hard for them to grab your wrist and hopefully he will already
be gasping for air!
2. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO THEM. Toss it
away from you. Chances are that they are more interested in your wallet and/or purse
than you, and will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick
your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but
everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Don't just sit in your car with your door unlocked at the end of a shopping trip.
A predator could be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get
in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS
YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE THE AREA.
If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Repeat: DO
NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead put your foot down hard on the accelerator and speed into
anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the attacker is in the back seat
they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than
having them find your body in a remote location.
5. Getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
a) If possible get an escort out to your car or walk out with some family group.
b) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and
in the back seat.
c) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the
women are attempting to get into their cars.
d) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger
side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car you may want to walk
back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (Better to appear paranoid
than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are easy target areas,
especially at night.
7. If a predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The
predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most
likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, preferably in a zig-zag pattern!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP! It may get you raped, or
killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well-educated man, who
ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane,
or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is
when he abducted his next victim.
9. Crying baby scam: If you hear a crying baby outside at night, DO NOT open the
door! It could be a baby's cry recorded used to coax women out of their homes
thinking that someone dropped off a baby.
10. Water scam: If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside
running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These
people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate
and then attack.
11. One from me: Never go jogging in isolated places alone. Never jog with earphones on.
You cannot hear someone coming up behind who may attack you.
Think and be safe before exposing yourself to danger.
Source: From the FB site of the 'Stronger Longer Weight Loss Group'. Some comments
added by me for clarification.
Edited by Sally Burgess
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