If a man was to pull over and offer my child a lift I would consider this to be very inappropriate and a huge cause for concern. To say it is 'unnecessary scaremongering' is very naive of you, in this day and age grown men don't just go around offering lifts to young children! Would you offer a lift to a random child in the street? Of course you wouldn't! This sort of thing needs to be highlighted to remind parents and children to be vigilant as this isn't normal behaviour, the incident clearly alarmed the child enough for him to report it. ------------------------------------------------------- > In which case, I would say labelling it as an > "Attempted Abduction" was unnecessary > scaremongering (however dodgy the person offering > the lift might have been). I would suggest that > it is just as safe to let your Year 6 child walk > to school in East Dulwich next Monday as it was > yesterday, or ten years ago. In fact, it's > probably safer. And remember children, if a > stranger offers you a lift, always say no - just > like my mother told me.