- Avoid bad neighborhoods.
- Be aware of your surroundings.
- Try to avoid walking alone.
- Use confident body language.
- Avoid dangerous situations.
- Avoid parking near a big van.
- Avoid getting into your vehicle if a big van is parked beside you. Enter through the passenger side if you have to on the opposite side from the van.
- Avoid getting into your vehicle if a man is sitting alone in the vehicle beside yours. Go back to to where you came from and get a security guard or a man the you know to escort you back to your vehicle.
- Before getting into your vehicle, check the floor of the passenger seat and floor and in the back seat.
- Avoid getting into your vehicle and just sit there talking on the phone, eating, writing. etc. Lock your doors and leave.