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Tamper-proof screws keeping car owners out of unwanted trouble

Whether to hold down park benches, lock together shed panels, install memorabilia or display valuables, security screws have a vast number of applications. However they are also great at holding items down that have no obvious value to the owner.

Increasingly, Crime Prevention Units are recommending that cars affix their number plates with one-way tamper-proof screws. To the driver, this may be a surprise as who would want to steal his HJ05 DGE number plate? The truth is it could be wanted for a whole host of reasons.

Often number plates are taken for crime related reasons. Cars which are to be used in serious crimes such as armed robbery will use false plates, as will someone wishing to go speeding without getting caught. The number plate shown above may also be highly desirable by a couple who share the initials and the "05" has some meaning to their relationship. Either way, number plate theft continues to be prevalent in the UK.

Although the cost of replacing number plates is not great, having your number plates taken will inevitably give you unwanted hassle or stress. Even if you are not implicated in a crime, you still have the problem of getting new ones made and affixed before the Police stop you. You also will have to report the incident - all of which can be time consuming and not exactly the best way to spend your free-time.

It is for the above reasons that more and more people are now using clutch head screws to affix their number plates. Affixed using an ordinary flat head screwdriver, this one-way screw cannot be easily removed. Whilst www.SecuritySafetyProducts.co.uk do sell a clutch head removal tool, even that is certainly not way a quick and easy way of removing a number plate without alerting the car's owner or passers-by!