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 h e 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.
 

 
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.

 
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 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, in fact this is good advice for men, as well.