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As Robin Thompson left her job as a school nurse in Atlanta, Ga., she waited for the customary call from her 16-year-old daughter, Ashley, telling her she was home from school.

The call never came.

“As I neared our home I saw a road block. Police and rescue workers were everywhere and a car that looked all too familiar was wrapped around a tree,” Robin Thompson wrote on the website SafeTeenDrivingClub.org. She founded the organization after Ashley’s 2003 death in a single-car accident that did not involve drinking or distractions from friends or a cell phone. “In a split second, on a sunny June afternoon, my world as I knew it ended.”

Almost 14 young people die in preventable car crashes every day–or 5,000 a year–and another 300,000 teens are injured in auto accidents–or 822 daily–according to Allstate Insurance Company.

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Are you going to be the more likely victim of vehicle theft than the guy next door just because you have a specific vehicle? What would make the vehicle thief decide to rather take your vehicle than that of the other bloke?

I have come across an interesting story in Rapport Newspaper in which it was revealed that two Toyota brands, the Hilux and Fortuner vehicles have been identified as the most sought after by vehicle thieves. A Toyota spokesperson has confirmed that this has come to their attention and that the giant motor manufacturer is working closely with the security industry and the police services in assisting vehicle owners to combat vehicle theft.

Toyota comments on vehicle theft statistics

Toyota however cautions on making a simplistic assumption from the facts and statistics – and cautions that as the motor manufacturer with the largest market share – it is most possible that vehicle theft might also tend to reflect this market share.

Historically these revelations do not come as much of a surprise. The

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