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Eh, car theft decreased in the US by 41% between 2006 and 2015 in total volume, all while total number of cars has been increasing. Looks like modern security w
by tgb 10y ago
Eh, car theft decreased in the US by 41% between 2006 and 2015 in total volume, all while total number of cars has been increasing. Looks like modern security works okay!
[1] http://www.iii.org/issue-update/auto-theft http://www.iii.org/issue-update/auto-theft
- Spooky23 10y agoTo clarify, that's absolutely correct. Dumb kids joyriding and stealing cars does not happen. But... for higher end cars, there's a brisk business, mostly around illegal exports. Those guys have devices that disable the newer security controls.
- enraged_camel 10y agoNot necessarily. Crime as a whole has been decreasing. https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2015-crime-statistics https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-release...