Renault Manchester showed its support this weekend for a new campaign by Greater Manchester Police to help reduce number plate theft in the area.
On Saturday, 12th March, staff at Renault Manchester joined police officers in a day-long event held at the dealership on Trinity Way, Salford, to hand out special tamper proof screws to motorists free of charge.
One of Renault Manchester’s qualified technicians was also on hand to help motorists fit the special screws to their vehicles which, once applied, are very hard to undo. Police officers also offered advice to motorists about how to avoid having their vehicles broken into.
Number plate theft is a growing problem in the UK with the latest police figures showing that there are currently more than 40,000 sets of number plates stolen every year in the country from car, vans and commercial vehicles.
Fiona James, Crime Reduction Advisor for Salford who was there on the day, said: “The screws only take a couple of minutes to fix to your number plate but could make all the difference between it being stolen or not.
“People that have their number plates stolen usually receive parking and speeding fines, which take time to resolve and can cause a lot of stress and inconvenience.”
Geoff Harrison, Service Manager at Renault Manchester, added. “The day was a great success and we’re delighted we could help the police out with this growing problem. Fitting the tamper proof screws can help cause a lot of unnecessary headaches to motorists and we hope this event has not only helped our customers but helped spread the message to other drivers in the area.”
For more information on Renault Manchester on Trinity Way, call 0161 252 0000 or log onto www.renaultretail.co.uk.
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Image caption:
Fiona James, Crime Reduction Advisor with Greater Manchester Police, shows Renault Manchester customer Mel Abrahams some number plate security screws watched by Glyn Wood (left) of Greater Manchester Police and Renault Manchester Sales Manager Steve Earle (right).
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