10 Homeless Van Life Hacks For Staying Safe While You Sleep

10 Homeless Van Life Hacks For Staying Safe While You Sleep Sleeping in a van should make you vulnerable. You're unconscious for eight hours in a metal box that anyone can break into. No security system. No neighbors to hear you scream. No deadbolt between you and whoever decides to check if someone's inside. Yet thousands of homeless people sleep in vans every single night and wake up unharmed. They're not using expensive alarm systems or security cameras. They're not parking in guarded lots. They're using ten specific hacks that keep them safer than most people sleeping in houses with unlocked doors. What do they know about staying safe that home security companies charging fifty dollars a month don't?