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A million motorists leave their cars filled up with petrol and with the keys in the ignition (汽车点火装置) every day. The cars are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their (36) . The Automobile Association ( A. A. ) has discovered that cars are left (37) for an average three minutes and sometimes longer as drivers buy drinks, sweets, (38) and other consumer items. With payment of credit cards becoming more and more common, it is not (39) for a driver to be out of his car for as long as six minutes, (40) the car theft with a golden (41) .
For more than ten years there has been a big rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into or stolen in the UK Car crime (42) for almost a third of all reported (43) with no signs that the trend is slowing down.
(44) . The A. A. recommends locking up whenever you leave the car and for however short a period.
There are many other traps to avoid. (45) . Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots--just the places thieves love. (46) .