On today’s newer cars, this is not a problem. There are several things you want to do here to protect yourself. First, be sure that when you get into a car, you get in quickly and shut the door behind you. Second, be sure that when you get in, you lock the doors to the entire car. This means that fewer people are able to get in.

When you are getting into the car, only open the driver’s side door, instead of unlocking all car doors. You do not want anyone to get into the car with you through another door.

Now that you are in the car and driving, be aware of intersections. Keep your passenger windows up so that no one can reach into the vehicle when you stop at an intersection. Also, keep the passenger doors locked. There is no reason for any door to be unlocked as in most new cars you can get out of a locked door from the inside, but you can not get into that door from the outside.

In older model cars, on the other hand, this may not be the case. For this reason, you want to keep yourself aware, drive with passenger windows and doors up, but do leave your own door unlocked. This can help you to protect yourself in case of an accident. You can still get out of the car.