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Grand Theft Auto is prosecuted as a felony and gets you sent to jail. Bike theft even of a $5k bike gets zero prosecution and lots of ridicule of the victim by

Grand Theft Auto is prosecuted as a felony and gets you sent to jail. Bike theft even of a $5k bike gets zero prosecution and lots of ridicule of the victim by police.

abdullahkhalids 4y ago
My idea to reduce theft is that the city should provide not just the bike racks, but also the bike locks with those racks. Which means thieves have the option of either cutting the bike frame, or destroying city property which the police would probably have to actually pursue more seriously and which might be treated as a felony.
- prmoustache 4y ago
  The best idea to reduce theft is make selling stolen items more difficults. Most bike thieves don't keep the bikes for themselves. Which means global mamdatory ownership registration. Having said that it is very easy to steal only a handful of parts with mostly basic tools but I guess we could also have a tool to associate parts with ownership using serial numbers. The rest is just bandaid.
  - dotancohen 4y ago
    > Which means global mamdatory ownership registration. As a private citizen, this sounds like an excuse for a surveillance state.
    - prmoustache 4y ago
      This is done for real estate or cars, do we talk about surveillance state?
    - Symbiote 4y ago
      It can be done after the theft. The shop writes the serial number of the bike (stamped on the frame) on the receipt. If the bike is stolen, the owner reports the number to the police. The police can check any bike in their database of stolen bikes [1]. People purchasing second hand bikes will be wary if the seller doesn't have the original receipt. They can also check the frame numbers in the police database [1]. [1] https://politi.dk/cykler-og-koeretoejer/tjek-om-en-cykel-eller-et-koeretoej-er-efterlyst/tjek-om-en-cykel-er-efterlyst https://politi.dk/cykler-og-koeretoejer/tjek-om-en-cykel-ell...

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Grand Theft Auto is prosecuted as a felony and gets you sent to jail. Bike theft even of a $5k bike gets zero prosecution and lots of ridicule of the victim by

by MagnumOpus 4y ago

Grand Theft Auto is prosecuted as a felony and gets you sent to jail. Bike theft even of a $5k bike gets zero prosecution and lots of ridicule of the victim by police.

abdullahkhalids 4y ago
My idea to reduce theft is that the city should provide not just the bike racks, but also the bike locks with those racks. Which means thieves have the option of either cutting the bike frame, or destroying city property which the police would probably have to actually pursue more seriously and which might be treated as a felony.
- prmoustache 4y ago
  The best idea to reduce theft is make selling stolen items more difficults. Most bike thieves don't keep the bikes for themselves. Which means global mamdatory ownership registration. Having said that it is very easy to steal only a handful of parts with mostly basic tools but I guess we could also have a tool to associate parts with ownership using serial numbers. The rest is just bandaid.
  - dotancohen 4y ago
    > Which means global mamdatory ownership registration. As a private citizen, this sounds like an excuse for a surveillance state.
    - prmoustache 4y ago
      This is done for real estate or cars, do we talk about surveillance state?
    - Symbiote 4y ago
      It can be done after the theft. The shop writes the serial number of the bike (stamped on the frame) on the receipt. If the bike is stolen, the owner reports the number to the police. The police can check any bike in their database of stolen bikes [1]. People purchasing second hand bikes will be wary if the seller doesn't have the original receipt. They can also check the frame numbers in the police database [1]. [1] https://politi.dk/cykler-og-koeretoejer/tjek-om-en-cykel-eller-et-koeretoej-er-efterlyst/tjek-om-en-cykel-er-efterlyst https://politi.dk/cykler-og-koeretoejer/tjek-om-en-cykel-ell...