Comment on Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not buying this PR garbage. KIA and Hyundai thefts fall as cars lacking basic security hardware were stolen and wrecked until there are no more to steal and wreck.
Thank you for re-adding late 20th century tech to your 21st century cars. /s
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
A lot of cars in my neighborhood have been using a club to lock the steering wheel. Reminds me of the 80s-90s.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 month ago
Those do absolutely nothing to stop someone from stealing a car as they attach to your steering wheel made of foam and plastic which takes seconds to cut through. They’ve only come back in to popularity due to grifters willing to sell people a false sense of security.
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 month ago
To be fair, they add another minute or two to the time it takes to steal the car.
I also feel these bars make your car harder to steal than the other car on the same block. If everyone is using them, you’re car is again only as hard to steal as that other car on the block. This could make it a target again.
However, that update or a third party solution is going to do a whole lot more.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
That’s how bike security works! Make your bike look a little more annoying to steal than the next guy.