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Does the Netherlands have a law against knowingly buying stolen property?
by Thorrez 3y ago
Does the Netherlands have a law against knowingly buying stolen property?
- devoutsalsa 3y agoEvery place in the world does probably. But how would you prove an unmarked, cheap bike was stolen?
- Propelloni 3y agoYou wouldn't but nowadays no bike is unmarked, even the cheap ones.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoCan’t you trivially deface an identifier?
- NicoJuicy 3y agoIn Belgium, it's a hard to remove sticker on a consistent place with a qr code. It would take work to remove it cleanly and/or cost money/time to paint over it. So it's less attractive. Ps. You'll still need to take care of your 10 k. Bike ofc. Ps. 2 : engraving isn't done anymore since bike frames got smaller.
- lukan 3y agoHow would you know a marked bike was stolen? Does the police offer a public listing of all the stolen bikes? (I do not think so, but this probably would make sense)
- dghughes 3y agoIf you can't and the owner can and if you are caught then you are liable.
- Thorrez 3y agoIf the seller threatens to "steal it again".
- Swizec 3y agoThe Netherlands famously has more bicycle thefts per year than citizens. At this point you could almost think of cheap commuter bikes as public property. People in countries where bicycling is not seen as a personality statement generally ride very cheap city bikes around town. Last time I bought one of those in college it cost about 30eur. Is not like in SF where people ride 3000 dollar bikes to work because omg you’re a cyclist now and this is your whole identity.
- steve_adams_86 3y agoHere in the part of Canada I live in, you see some of the $3000 bike identity stuff, but most people ride something in the $500–$750 range. Something practical, comfortable, reliable, etc. There is also a growing segment of people who use $5,000–$15,000 cargo/kid carrier bikes as replacements for their cars, which is cool. But I do worry about theft of those increasing. Right now I rarely hear of it, but it seems likely to increase. Even the motors and batteries in them cost thousands alone.
- kwhitefoot 3y ago> think of cheap commuter bikes as public property. Didn't Amsterdam try that with 'white bikes' in the 1970s?
- stevesimmons 3y ago> The Netherlands famously has more bicycle thefts per year than citizens. No, it definitely does not! 750k bike thefts for 17.7m people. So roughly one per 25 people... It famously has more bicycles than people!
- themaninthedark 3y agoOf course they have more bicycles than people, the bikes keep getting stolen!