Locksmith obligations and emergency openings.

[WhiteHat]

just on the car opening.

where I live, most sensible people are members of the RACQ (Royal Automobile Club of Queensland www.racq.com.au). When you lock your keys in the car or whatever, you ring them up (anytime 24/7), quote your membership number, verify a few personal details, tell them where you are and within 30 mins or so a guy comes out and opens your car for you/replaces your batery/whatever. all the verification is done before they even send someone out.

The are moving into the area of home insurance and emergency home services (such as broken pipes, leaking everywhere etc.) and would imagine that employing home lock-out specialists would be the next obvious step.

anyway..

[technik]

your point WhiteHat?

[WhiteHat]

sorry:

point is, that they've made the process so efficient that all you need is access to a phone and they can verify your identity before sending someone out to you..

anyway, guess I was just bored and wanted to post something semi-interesting...

[okiewind]

Hypothetical situation, sorry but...Humor me please...

I am in the military, and as such can wind up almost any place. My license is from State A, but now live in State Q. My wife locks me out of the house, what then? Do we have to get a third party or do I just have that face that means you can trust me?

What I was trying to say was, I get up to go to PT, notice that my kids have taken my house keys and used them as toys. As such, can't find them. My wife leaves while I am gone to PT. She doesn't know I can't find my keys because I don't like to wake her up at 0500. She locks the door, and I come home, locked out and my wife is a 45 minute drive away at work. Then how does the ID verification work, or is it a trust thing?

[Varjeal]

Most likely the 'smith would just open up the house, unless they were paranoid and/or concerned. They may ask you a few questions concerning identifying things within the residence, but most likely they would open the residence.

Concerning the RACQ, we have similar services both here and in the U.S. known as the CAA, (Canadian Automobile Association which not only deals with autos but with homes, insurance, etc. They actually have a list of vendors including tow trucks, locksmiths, etc. they contract services too) the AMA (Amercian Motor Association which looks after auto emergency-type stuff) and other organizations similar to that.

[kempoka]

<<You could, but there is also something that the law looks at called "due dilligence," which overrides even a signed wavier.>>

With AAA Plus motor club, the member can have any car opened that he/she owns or is riding in. If I am with you, and you lock your keys in the car, AAA Plus will come open it if the member calls (maximum 4 service calls per year, any more result in a fee each time). I have never been asked for any ID (other than my AAA Plus card, and that was just so they could bill them) or any proof of ownership or anything else. They snag my card info, pop the lock, and I'm on my way! Now, I wanna get on the moneyed side of the equation! I wanna be the guy that bills AAA Plus for the service call!