Safety Tip for the Ladies of PT...

[moosmom]

My daughter just emailed this to me and it has some GREAT tips. Most I already knew. But there's a new one about a "crying baby". Please read and pass it on.

It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!


2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he 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. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will 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.

a. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person 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. A few notes about getting ! into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat
B.) 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. C.) 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. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the 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. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door."

The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on! the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.

Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby ----This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.


I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.

Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe than sorry.

[Miss Z]

Wow, lots of info there. That's scary stuff, especially about the serial killer using a baby's cry to coax women from their homes .

[moosmom]

That baby thing IS scary, Zara. But it plays on women's emotions and maternal instincts. The woman it happened to was very wise in calling the police. Who KNOWS what would've happened had she opened the door.

Another thing I learned while I was in the Auxiliary State Police is when you walk to your car, keep your keys in your fist with the key part exposed. If anyone is going to attack you, gouge at their eyes, thighs, groin area, ANYTHING that'll stop a predator in his tracks to help YOU get away.

Above all...always ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings!!

[Alysser]

WoaH! Thanks for that ! That's scary !

[*LabLoverKEB*]

W-O-W! That's some incredible GOOD information that ALL women/girls should know! Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone, Donna!

[CathyBogart]

EEK!

I doubt I would open the door for a crying baby anyways, but I'm glad to know that! I'll pass it along to my mom and sister too!

[davidpizzica]

Donna, a lot of those safety tips I think can apply to anyone alone. A man can also be a target of a robbery or an assault.

[Cataholic]

Donna,
I am all for safety, and common sense...but, that thing about the crying baby is a hoax. Check out www.snopes.com, and type in 'crying baby'.

[Karen]

Wondered about the crying baby thing.

Another "safety" tip, this from a self-defense book I worked on. Striking someone as hard as you can with the heel of your hand, instead of a fist, is more likely to hurt them, but not you. Lots of small bones and complicated nerves and tendons in your hand, whereas the heel of your hand is back up by the two much larger, stronger bones of your forearm.

[Lady's Human]

Thanks, Cataholic, you beat me to the snopes link.

If you're in knife fighting range, (as in closer than you'd like to be), and cannot escape, use your knees. You have far more strength in your legs than you do in your arms, and your knees are close to an attacker's groin, which is almost an instantaneous disabling blow. Also, if you swing with your arms, the attacker can easily grab your arms and immobilize you. There is no such thing as a fair fight.

[smokey the elder]

Another thing I can vouch for with personal experience is that an attacker may not expect you to fight back. This will surprise them, so you can escape.

[Chica]

That is great information!!! I allways use my common sence with all that info today and everyday!!! It is the wisest thing to do these days!!!!!!

[joanofark]

Thanks a lot for this!!

I feel sorry for any creep that tries messing with one of us

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

Hehe, I do Taekwondo. Also, in a self defence class I learned that if you don't have keys to claw at their Eye's with your long finger-nails. (Be like a kitty! Meow!)
Also what Karen said is also something I learned. In Taekwondo, using your palm is called a palm heal strike and works good to break their nose. Also I saw no one else mentioned bite them if their hand is near your face.

[carole]

Thanks Donna some of that stuff i had no idea about, but it all makes sense doesn't it? when i go for my early morning walk i always carry my keys that way, so that i have a key between each finger, i also wear this punk type bracelet melissa bought at our two dollar shop, it has spikes sticking out of it, i thought to myself very good for defence.

[moosmom]

Johanna,

Thanks for the update! As I said, I got this email from my daughter. You just never know these days with the whackos out there.

Give Jonah a smooch for me, will ya??