You got that right! We were on I10 headed east almost into Houston last year. We put signal light on to exit. As we were pulling over a white van running the shoulder at about 85 slammed into our passenger side. He never even slowed down and kept right on down the highway. Our entire side was smashed. Luckily on one injured. I hate driving in that area. Down there often as we have family in the area.

James,

I'm sorry to hear about your truck - it must have been very upsetting at the time.  Although it sounds like you got a nice replacement :)

What steps can rvers take to reduce the risk of losing a vehicle to theft?  In that article it said that thieves were able to steal the Ford F250 with a screwdriver (that's scary).   Would something like The Club (an anti-theft bar that goes across the steering wheel) work?  Those were big in the late 90s but I don't know if they were effective or not.

Thanks for the article.

Colleen

Most all tow trucks today have electric fuel pumps, diesel or gas.  A simple anti-theft device is to locate the hot wire to the fuel pump and insert a switch into the line.  Mount the switch somewhere inside the cab of the truck in an inconspicuous place where you know where it is.  When you park simply turn the switch off.  The fuel pump won't deliver fuel to the engine until you turn the swich back on.  Trucks won't run without fuel.  A 12 volt switch is easily purchased at any Radio Shack store and any additional wire that might be needed can be purchased there also.  I installed one myself on a Ford truck in about an hour.  Most of the time was taken in locating the proper wire, finding a place for the switch and routing the wire.

My next step is the switch and maybe a Lowjack.

Link
http://www.lojack.com/lowjack.html