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Didn't that work well with car theft? I believe reading something like that

• colechristensen 2y ago
  https://mndaily.com/190563/uncategorized/minneapolis-police-catch-thieves-bait-vehicle-program/ https://mndaily.com/190563/uncategorized/minneapolis-police-... It's a thing in Minneapolis, though the Kia Boys thing was still very real here, I don't know how much they've kept it up.
  • throwaway48476 2y ago
    Well they're blaming the cars for being too easy to steal and not the thieves, so it's not going well
    • mrguyorama 2y ago
      The cars are objectively too easy to steal. Kia made several outright stupid design choices and decided not to spend $100 on BoM to use a tried and tested immobilizer that genuinely helps prevent car theft. They also put the key barrel switches in a location very easy to access, rather than deep in the guts of the steering wheel shaft like most manufacturers. Kia tried to save itself a few bucks by drastically reducing their product's security. The fact that other cars aren't being stolen at nearly the same rate is itself good evidence that the thieves are just opportunists.
      • throwaway48476 2y ago
        Some people leave their keys in the sun shade. They don't complain it's too easy to steal. At some point you have to admit it's a social problem.