Parking in a different spot can help prevent Halloween destruction. If the area is noot secure, students can park in different places. This decreases the likelihood of everyone's car getting soaped. Students may also want to park in secure areas rather than public streets. For the past few years, McLeansboro High School has allowed students to park in the athletic field before an away game close to halloween.
Casual pranksters are less likely to jump a fence to perforom their craft.
In one central spot, police protected the area until the bus returned to town. That seems to be the biggest deterrent. Since pranksters are aware of police presence, they more to easier targets. They were caking them so solid, they couldn't even go to the gas station to wash them off. Bryson said soaping windows on anyone's car has legal repercussions.