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but then you'd need a tow truck.. Doesn't seem a lot simpler, anyone could snap a pic of your registration plate. I think towing a vehicle does attract a fair a
by Chris2048 3y ago
but then you'd need a tow truck.. Doesn't seem a lot simpler, anyone could snap a pic of your registration plate. I think towing a vehicle does attract a fair amount of attention, especially if there is no obvious reason for it.
Also, they don't need to steal the car - if they can freely open it can can just steal anything inside.
- bluGill 3y agoA tow truck attracts attention - there will be a dozen witnesses who watch you do everything - not one will think to remember any details that can identify you. Just replace the vinyl sticker on the door with your false company name on after each job and you are safe from being caught.
- axus 3y agoA tow truck costs more than a tablet. The guys and the tablets performing the theft are disposable, tow truck is not. Rapid scanning of export shipping containers with AI processing to detect the contents might help curb the demand for the stolen cars.
- bluGill 3y agoTrue, but you can find them used once in a while for cheap enough. It only takes a few stolen cars to pay off the tow truck (you want to be legal here as this is easy to track), and then each one is pure profit.
- mywittyname 3y agoThis actually happened in my neighborhood yesterday and two people came out to talk to the driver. The moment I saw them pull up I even double checked that my garage door was closed. We came out before the person who called the tow truck did. Car thefts have made people paranoid and vigilant.
- sidewndr46 3y agoNo idea where you are at but I wouldn't think twice about someone towing a car. If someone was hotwiring a neighbor's vehicle I think I'd definitely at least start videoing them as a deterrent.
- Chris2048 3y agoIf thieves started towing cars, presumably people would be more observant, esp where it isn't obvious why a car is being towed. If it was in an urban environment, there might be cameras around anyway that could capture the reg plate.
- sidewndr46 3y agoI'm always dumbfounded by this obsession with video & license plates. What are you going to do with that information?
- Chris2048 3y agoGive it to the police?.. Unless the tow truck is stolen, then who registered it?
- sidewndr46 3y agoWhy would the police care? It's like people watched an episode of dragnet and now they think there are a bunch of guys down at the station working on their case. Probably in shifts? After a hit and run I once had an officer tell me that running tags would be "a lot of work". Last time I was victim of a hit and run in a motor vehicle the police had an eye witness statement and the physical vehicle itself. They declined to investigate. They told me it wouldn't matter because it wouldn't be prosecuted unless someone confessed. The police do not exist to act as your personal investigation team.
- Chris2048 3y agoI'm sorry if the police aren't taking car crime seriously where you live, but who else do you think should be investigating crime? That said, a hit and run isn't the same as organised car thieves with tow trucks.