Weird

So my moms boyfriend parks his beater ford ranger in the street at night.  He leaves it unlocked and with the keys in it because we live in a very low crime area and its not like theres anything in the truck worth stealing.

Well sometime last night, someone went into his truck and stole his keys.  He also could tell that they tried getting into the dash.  But that was it.  The truck wasn't vandalized and nothing was stolen.

I don't get why someone would do that to a truck, but not steal it.  The good news is, he can start his truck without keys.  The bad news is, even if he does lock it now, someone has the keys to get into it.

Had a friends truck get broken into recently.  They came in the passenger window, took the stereo out of the dash, the stereo that didn't work, and left the brand new receiver, amp, and speakers that were sitting in the passenger side floorboard.

You'd think they'd be smart enough to just grab everything they could, but I have a theory for why they missed it. I'm no psychologist, but if you have a plan on what you're going to do and you've played the scenario out in your head enough, you will be more likely to miss greater opportunities than the one you have been trying to achieve. Just a thought.

mmm Car hoppin days

TheDude wrote: Wow, your mom's boyfriend is a freaking idiot. Regardless of the crime rate, you shouldn't just do something like that, it's asking someone to commit the crime. Normally crime rates are low because the area said criminals are in don't have the opportunity to break the law. When you essentially facilitate the easiest break and grab in history, what the hell do you think is going to happen?

I dunno...  I used to live in a small town where nobody ever locked their houses (we didn't even have keys for our house), and car keys were always left in the car, whether it was at home or at the shop or bowling alley.

Those places do exist.

Bruce Banner wrote: TheDude wrote: Wow, your mom's boyfriend is a freaking idiot. Regardless of the crime rate, you shouldn't just do something like that, it's asking someone to commit the crime. Normally crime rates are low because the area said criminals are in don't have the opportunity to break the law. When you essentially facilitate the easiest break and grab in history, what the hell do you think is going to happen? I dunno...  I used to live in a small town where nobody ever locked their houses (we didn't even have keys for our house), and car keys were always left in the car, whether it was at home or at the shop or bowling alley. Those places do exist.

I grew up in a small town like the one you just described...however I still think crime depends on how easy it is to do it.

For example, which car is more likely to be broken into:
The locked car.
Or,
The unlocked car with the keys inside, clearly visible?


I mean, yeah, there are places like that, but regardless it's a dumb thing to leave things like that. It's just saying "hey guys! I'm leaving my keys in here, so if you want it, go for it!" It's just plain stupid.

sporx wrote: i want to learn how to get into a locked car cuz i want to take all the stuff inside..

Is what I thought you were going to say after reading the first line.

Bruce Banner wrote: I dunno...  I used to live in a small town where nobody ever locked their houses (we didn't even have keys for our house), and car keys were always left in the car, whether it was at home or at the shop or bowling alley. Those places do exist.

Those places are the best places if there is ever a zombie outbreak. At least then you could get a car to flee in.

That is just irresponsible.

There's absolutely no reason to leave the keys inside the vehicle other than ignorance.