Frosting is a UK term for
motor vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft (also known as a car theft and, in the United States, grand theft auto) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle. Nationwide in the United States in 2020, there were 810,400 vehicles reporte ...
occurring in winter, which involves an opportunist thief stealing a vehicle with its engine running whilst the owner
de-ice
Deicing is the process of removing snow, ice or frost from a surface. Anti-icing is the application of chemicals that not only deice but also remain on a surface and continue to delay the reformation of ice for a certain period of time, or preve ...
s it. According to a British
insurance company
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...
, the crime has contributed to the theft of 135,000 unattended cars in the past five years in the
UK.
This can be prevented by installing a
car security system.
References
External links
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Motor vehicle theft
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