Car makers to blame for increase in stolen cars, St. Louis says.
From Gateway Pundit by way of Zelman Partisans
“With this letter, the city demands that Kia and Hyundai mitigate the defective conditions providing thieves – including teenagers as young as 13 – the instrumentalities by which they are destroying property, endangering city drivers and themselves, and, in some cases, committing violent felonies,” according to the letter written Aug. 19 by City Counselor Sheena Hamilton.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/st-louis-crime-city-officials-sue-car-manufacturers-surge-car-thefts/
What are “defective conditions” that make Kia and Hyundai so easy to steal?
“The issue, of course, isn’t really a ‘defect.’ It’s a lack of an optional system that I’ve never had installed in a single vehicle I’ve owned in my life.”
The city alleges: “Hyundai and Kia chose to manufacture and sell the affected vehicles without an immobilizer, a device which prevents most vehicles from being started unless a code is transmitted from the vehicle’s smart key.”
Just
when you figure governments can’t possibly get any dumber.
It's not the criminals fault! It's not Tic-Tok or You Tubes fault for publishing how-to steal! It's the automobile manufactures fault for not anticipating the criminals.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, but "We are going to make every one of your cars carry a device that is no longer optional." GM, Ford and Chrysler, plus foreign-made cars, won't be far behind.
ReplyDeleteThe underlying message is that they dont believe the "youth" are capable of civilized behavior without external controls.
ReplyDeleteAnd, that intent to control and define civilized behavior extends for all age groups.
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