What is Security Film?

Why Do We Need Security Film Fitted To Our Motor Vehicles?

1. Almost 20% of all crime is vehicle - related.
2. 50% of thefts from cars are through smashed side windows.
3. There were around 1.5 million car-related crimes in 2001/2 - approximately one every 21 seconds.
4. "Thefts from vehicles account for nearly 30% of all vehicle crime", Home Secretary, October 2000
5. Vehicle related crime costs insurance companies around £3 billion pounds each year.
6. Smash and grabs are usually opportunistic
7. New and worrying trends include:
   - the growth of car-jacking, especially involving luxury cars
   - accident and injury from heavy objects dropped from motorway bridges on cars passing underneath
8. Natural glass only needs a single forceful blow to break the window.
9. Security Films (www.bombprotection..com) will resist attack long enough for the intruder to abandon the attack.
10. A government committee called VCRAT )Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team) was established in September 1998, charged with reducing vehicle crime by 30 per cent over a five year period. It has published recommendations to achieve this goal, including one regarding the improvement of vehicle perimeter security, ie door locks and glazing
11. The UK's Health and Safety Executive is considering extending the definition of the workplace with all its associated safety regulations to include vehicles used for work. This has considerable implications for employers and their responsibilities to employees
12. In 2002, the RAC Foundation recommended that motorists should consider having protective film professionally applied as a way of helping to protect their cars from smash and grab attacks

Statistics taken from Crime in England & Wales 2001/2 Report (July 2002)