[OhioBuckeye]

I’m not going to touch this comment with an answer because I might get into trouble!

[Blackbird45]

The question here has less to do with the car being unlocked and more why would anyone leave anything in their car that they didn't want to be stolen.

I was working in midtown in New York in the middle of the day when a junkie broke the driver's side window of a stuntman's car. One of the cops caught the guy and alerted the stuntman who asked the cop to walk away.

Now was right the way the stuntman handled it; I'm not going to be the judge?
But he was wrong to leave anything in his car in plain view that he didn't want stolen.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Dumb enough to leave valuable items in an unlocked car or even a locked vehicle?

No sympathy here!

So the car owners deserved it?

[joelfmi]

and hates when someone whom is writing a narrative that person don't want to hear or believe in

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Bigmo93

Another self righteous know it all heard from. Forget the fact that criminals are committing crimes in favor of blaming the victims.

Are the hundreds of golf carts parked in the town squares with golf clubs and other belongings “dumb” as well?

Nothing self righteous about it.
If the victim is making it easier to commit a crime, who is the dumbo?
Aiding and abetting crime in my book.
Twenty two years ago wife and I left our clubs on cart without a thought of losing them. Not now. Wouldn't leave anything unattended anywhere in TV.
Different times, different rules.

[Maybelle]

Originally Posted by Bigmo93

Another self righteous know it all heard from. Forget the fact that criminals are committing crimes in favor of blaming the victims.

Are the hundreds of golf carts parked in the town squares with golf clubs and other belongings “dumb” as well?

Of course it's taking a huge chance leaving expensive sport equipment open for the taking.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

This happened in Silver Springs, twenty-five miles from The Villages and at the edge of the Ocala National Forest, known as a haven for drug addicts and crime. Not our neighborhood!

Demographics / crime numbers of Silver Springs can be found here:
Silver Springs Shores, Florida (FL 34472) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders

Looks like an all-american city to me. Very diverse and therefore vibrant.

"It's who we are"

[mikeycereal]

Originally Posted by kkingston57

Even worse is when perpetrators cut hole in the bottom of a gas tank to get whatever amount of gas is in the tank. They could get $10-$20. in gas and it will cost you and/or your insuance company at least $500.

Never heard of cutting for gas, but cutting out the cat converter from a vehicle has been going on for years in various states. $900 to replace and install protection bars. Takes 5 minutes to steal. When starting up the vehicle and the motor sounds like a lawnmower (but isn't one) then that's likely what happened.

[sdifede313@aol.com]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

I'm a born New Yorker, we were taught to lock up everything as soon as we could hold a key.
There was a news piece a few years back where an FBI agent's gun and ID was stolen from his open car.
Why leave things in your open car, just put it on your front lawn with a sign.

Ha! Good one. It appears that the ways of the city are spreading to the “country”. Allways lock your house and car up. It’s imperative now more then ever.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by sdifede313@aol.com

Ha! Good one. It appears that the ways of the city are spreading to the “country”. Allways lock your house and car up. It’s imperative now more then ever.

Nope
Nope
Nope

San Francisco police recommend NOT LOCKING cars in order to avoid broken windows and locks. Leave cars unlocked and without valuables and open the console & glove box to show the "disadvantaged" there is nothing for them to take.

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by Geodyssey

Nope
Nope
Nope

San Francisco police recommend NOT LOCKING cars in order to avoid broken windows and locks. Leave cars unlocked and without valuables and open the console & glove box to show the "disadvantaged" there is nothing for them to take.

And in some gang areas people place items such as crowns in their cars to reduce vandalism.

[Arl]

WHO is stupid enough to leave a gun in a car?

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by Geodyssey

So the car owners deserved it?

Unlocked Vehicles? Unlocked Vehicles?

Who the hell leaves their vehicles unlocked parked ANYWHERE?
I even lock my Toyota parked in the garage.

[justjim]

Leaving your golf clubs on your cart in a strip mall shopping area while you grab a sandwich or something at Publix is quite different than leaving them with other carts at C.C. near the golf shop while you grab something to eat with fellow golfers. The former is a bit “risky” and the latter not so much. That said, leaving valuables in plain sight makes no sense. However, leaving your clubs on your cart could be convenient. My clubs are 10 years old and are not that valuable but perhaps yours are. BTW, most newer cars lock automatically when you get 25 feet away. To each his own…

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

The question here has less to do with the car being unlocked and more why would anyone leave anything in their car that they didn't want to be stolen.

I was working in midtown in New York in the middle of the day when a junkie broke the driver's side window of a stuntman's car. One of the cops caught the guy and alerted the stuntman who asked the cop to walk away.

Now was right the way the stuntman handled it; I'm not going to be the judge?
But he was wrong to leave anything in his car in plain view that he didn't want stolen.

I had MMA fighter living on my street at another location. He never had problem with sticky fingers, he jogged 1/3 of day/nights, kind like having bull terrier guarding the neighborhood, and everybody was as friendly as could be. Bottom line didn’t want to pLss him off.