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Because who is more worried about carjackings than giving a lift to a non-registered friend?
by robin_reala 4y ago
Because who is more worried about carjackings than giving a lift to a non-registered friend?
- PaulHoule 4y agoThe two use cases for carjackings I imagine are: (1) people who want to steal luxury cars, and (2) complete nutcases like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army who probably stole at least 5 cars for each bank that they robbed. If you avoid luxury cars your carjacking risk is low. Back when carjacking was big in the media in the 1980s my high school science teacher and I imagined that they'd make cars that were really nice on the inside but looked like crap on the outside to deter carjackers.
- duped 4y agoChicago has been seeing a rash of carjackings the last two years, and evidence suggests that the kinds of cars being targeted track which cars are popular (1) and not luxury cars. According to a carjacker the reason they would steal luxury cars is for shootings (2). But frankly, most of the crimes are just kids doing stupid stuff for the thrill. (1) https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-sheriffs-data-reveal-most-popular-cars-targeted-by-carjackers-most-common-methods/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-sheriffs-da... (2) https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/12/31/22848890/chicago-carjackings-inside-mind-chicago-carjacker https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/12/31/22848890/chica...