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I think chip-keys are extremely common now - my twenty year old Infiniti has one. Car theft rates have been declining for thirty years [1]. I think thieves focu
by joe_the_user 3y ago
I think chip-keys are extremely common now - my twenty year old Infiniti has one. Car theft rates have been declining for thirty years [1]. I think thieves focus on either the remaining old cars or very specialized efforts for new cars.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/191216/reported-motor-vehicle-theft-rate-in-the-us-since-1990/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/191216/reported-motor-ve...
- fragmede 3y agoThey were first designed (and patented) in 1919. More importantly is that they're now required on all new cars sold in the US according to Standard No. 114; Theft protection and rollaway prevention, though I'm not totally clear on when that got passed. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.114 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.114