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I'd wager it has more to do with portability than anything else. Stealing a car is an order of magnitude more difficult than stealing a bike. A bike can be sto
by shipman05 4y ago
I'd wager it has more to do with portability than anything else.
Stealing a car is an order of magnitude more difficult than stealing a bike. A bike can be stolen in seconds (even with the best locks). Stealing a locked car with modern anti-theft protection will likely take minutes for even the most skilled thief.
- dotancohen 4y agoBut the cars have expensive components that can be taken in seconds - fuel door broken and fuel siphoned, hood latch broken and battery or alternator stolen, valuables in cabin and boot. No need to move the vehicle to profit off it.
- raisin_churn 4y agoAnd indeed in my city where bicycle theft is very common, so are smash and grabs and catalytic converter theft against cars with high-value catalytic converters (anything that meets CARB's poorly named Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle standard, so all hybrids, Subarus, and some others).
- prmoustache 4y agoThose things happen at scales too.