LADIES . . . READ AND HEED

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do : The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do it.  Put a fist inside the palm of the other hand and swing hard. Aim for the spot above the belly button!
2.. 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 BOTH  DOORS AND PULL AWAY.
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, look in your car, the passenger side floor, and the back seat.
    B.) If you are PARKED NEXT TO A VAN,  enter your car from the passenger’s door.   Most killers attack their victims by pulling them into the van while they are attempting to get into their car.
    C.) Look at the cars parked on both sides of your vehicle,
If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk away. Go back to 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.  Both are horrible places to be alone, but elevators have HELP buttons.     This is especially true at NIGHT!
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not yet under his control, ALWAYS RUN!  The predator will only hit a running target 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be fatal.  RUN,  IN A ZIG -ZAG PATTERN!
8. Women, 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:
A friend heard a baby crying on her porch, and she called the police because it was late. 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 said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear babies’ cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.            
10. Water scam!   If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear water running outside, or what you think is a burst pipe,  DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack you and rob your home.