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> "By far the most common way of a car being stolen is still from thieves breaking into homes and stealing keys," This never even occurred to me as a way of st
by hughes 12y ago
> "By far the most common way of a car being stolen is still from thieves breaking into homes and stealing keys,"
This never even occurred to me as a way of stealing a car. TV & hollywood car thieves always smash the window or jimmy the lock somehow.
I suppose the comparison with cryptographic keys is also accurate: It's usually far easier to steal someone's private key than it is to break the cryptography.
- to3m 12y agoMy car insurance is 10% cheaper due to keeping my car in a residential parking area as opposed to in my garage! My best guess for the reason - aside from that the statistics say the risk doesn't require a higher premium - being a person, I want a proper reason ;) - is that on average a garage affords a thief more privacy and gives them (compared to on-street parking) a good idea which house to look in. (The funny thing is, my parking spot is numbered. But they never asked me about that.)
- walshemj 12y agoaccording to todays evening standard range rovers are uninsurable in London unless you have secure off street parking
- tsotha 12y agoI suspect before steering wheel locks this was probably true - you could start my old mustang by shorting the right two contacts with a screwdriver. Of course you didn't have to jimmy the lock. A coat hangar worked just fine. Cars used to be laughably easy to steal by today's standards.