If your definition of ‘ruling’ is truck driving then yes
I lock the truck whenever I leave it, I was locking it in North Tawton a few weeks ago just as the senior traffic planner was walking past and he said “What’s the matter, don’t you trust us?” and I said “No, it’s not that, it’s just force of habit”.
For the OP, it’s a lesson for the learning.
Sadly with many oppertunist thieves, thinking of the consequences or risk of getting caught seldom goes through thier mind, It’s almost like a reflex action, see things, take things.
It doesn’t really come down to being lower payed meaning you’re are so desperate you’ll nick things, some of the poorest people you’ll meet will be the most honest. And maybe relatively speaking your average Turkish long distance truck driver might be better off than your average British driver.
Think il leave all the house doors open tomorrow when i go to work. I live next to a police station it should be secure.
kr79:
Think il leave all the house doors open tomorrow when i go to work. I live next to a police station it should be secure.
Not if there are Turks about it won’t 
pavaroti:
Taliban = smelly lorry driving person, dodgy haircut wearing flip flops with lidl bag.
If you look at a map, you will see that most of Turkey is East of the Bosphorus.
Problem is that when at RDC and you are afforded the luxury of being allowed to remain in your cab, but you have to had keys in, then you have to leave the cab unlocked whilst you go to the office to hand the keys in. Sometimes can take a little while. Then of course if you use the facilities. I know obviously the trick with handing in other keys, but I am aware that in my bag are all sorts of valuables.
robroy:
kr79:
Think il leave all the house doors open tomorrow when i go to work. I live next to a police station it should be secure.Not if there are Turks about it won’t
Got a kebab shop over the road
pavaroti:
Saturday morning 0300 I was on site not long arrived at Davis Turner Dartford. Just getting ready for bed and nipped to the loo. I was away two minutes from my cab. Just getting into my bed i notice my fuel card and digi card missing from the ashtray. I did think the place was camered up but nope, gates only covered. The place is swarming with Turks, Brits are very rare. I did think the Turks were ok but now I know different. Yes I will be locking my cab from now on.
heres another tip for ya, never leave the fuel cards and digicards in the ashtray as that is where the majority of the drivers keep them
Made a rod for your own back. Sorry don’t have any sympathy 
If I have to give my keys up at RDC and retuning to cab I still lock it and keep the fob when I hand over the keys
scotstrucker:
pavaroti:
Saturday morning 0300 I was on site not long arrived at Davis Turner Dartford. Just getting ready for bed and nipped to the loo. I was away two minutes from my cab. Just getting into my bed i notice my fuel card and digi card missing from the ashtray. I did think the place was camered up but nope, gates only covered. The place is swarming with Turks, Brits are very rare. I did think the Turks were ok but now I know different. Yes I will be locking my cab from now on.heres another tip for ya, never leave the fuel cards and digicards in the ashtray as that is where the majority of the drivers keep them
moving mine tomorrow
One of the most unsafe places to live or park is next door to a Police Station. Bletchley Train Station car park most likely place to be robbed from right next to Bletchley Police Station.
tango boy:
Made a rod for your own back. Sorry don’t have any sympathy
This^^^^^^
shuttlespanker:
so, you left your cab unlocked, unattended with quite a number of people that you do not know?at times like this, i bet you wish you had changed your sig
LOL that’s cruel
pavaroti:
Brucewillis:
Firstly the meaning of the word Taliib is a religious scholar. They were the original insurgents in the current Afghan conflict (obviously there have been many). Secondly, Turkey is not in the eastern block ( does that term have any significance anymore).While not looking for an argument, if your going to blame someone for the theft, probably best to get the basics right?
Taliban = smelly lorry driving person, dodgy haircut wearing flip flops with lidl bag.
+1 …whats long and eats cabbage,the queue outside a taliban butchers shop
pavaroti:
. Yes I will be locking my cab from now on.
Clip Clop Clip Clop (Horse) Bang (stable door)
So it couldn’t have been “paddy parked in Bridge Close” then, or “one of the Asda bods passing in their car” on the way home?
The moral of the story is that it literally could have been anyone. Most opportunistic thefts happen when the wrong person is closest, and therefore most likely to be blamed.
Someone nicking a digicard isn’t going to get very far trying to explain to plod with a thick foreign accent that “Joe Bloggs” is him are they?
Mind you, if plod himself has the thick foreign accent, then he might not notice if johnny foreigner has an accent too… 
Even when you’re on holiday abroard, most theft is by other tourists.
Winseer:
So it couldn’t have been “paddy parked in Bridge Close” then, or “one of the Asda bods passing in their car” on the way home?The moral of the story is that it literally could have been anyone. Most opportunistic thefts happen when the wrong person is closest, and therefore most likely to be blamed.
Someone nicking a digicard isn’t going to get very far trying to explain to plod with a thick foreign accent that “Joe Bloggs” is him are they?
Mind you, if plod himself has the thick foreign accent, then he might not notice if johnny foreigner has an accent too…Even when you’re on holiday abroard, most theft is by other tourists.
You sure about that? I thought most holiday crime was by professional pickpockets, bag snatchers on motorbikes and chambermaid staff.
bazza123:
Winseer:
So it couldn’t have been “paddy parked in Bridge Close” then, or “one of the Asda bods passing in their car” on the way home?The moral of the story is that it literally could have been anyone. Most opportunistic thefts happen when the wrong person is closest, and therefore most likely to be blamed.
Someone nicking a digicard isn’t going to get very far trying to explain to plod with a thick foreign accent that “Joe Bloggs” is him are they?
Mind you, if plod himself has the thick foreign accent, then he might not notice if johnny foreigner has an accent too…Even when you’re on holiday abroard, most theft is by other tourists.
Just how many of those types do ya reckon are “local talent?” To a Brit abroad in say, Naples, “some foreigner nicking something” is automatically assumed to be a local hood. Chances are, they if even Italian, are from another part of Italy. Then there’s other mediterranean countries, that “all look alike”, then there’s eastern europeans bumming it out there like they might over here as well. Not all immigrants come to the UK…
It should be noted too that “only the ones that get caught go on the statistics”. The local infrastructure and hotelliers won’t be admitting that “other guests might nick your stuff”. It’s easier to say someone local did it, because they know they are not going to be caught out in that lie, with so many Brits abroad not speaking de local lingo and all.
Most Brits wouldn’t know a Neopolitan bag snatcher from a spanish hitchiker or kosovan pimp on a mobylette with his current best girl…
It is erroneous to believe that in any random foreign resort, “The Brits on holiday” are the only tourist group there, fingers in ears going La la la as they may.