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Survey: Car crime on the rise

  • 03-10-2010 04:19PM
    #1
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 42,293 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Survey: Car crime on the rise
    03/10/2010 - 15:35:35

    Some 10% of all motorists nationally and nearly 15% of motorists in Dublin have been victims of car crime in the last two years, according to a new survey.

    In an online poll carried out by AA insurance last week with 6,500 responses nationwide, 3.7% of motorists have either had their car stolen or have had an attempt made to steal it in the last two years. Some 6.5% have either had their car broken into or an attempt made to break into it.

    “It is clearly a major problem, and one that is on the rise.” said the AA's Conor Faughnan.

    With modern cars being fitted with complex immobilisers, a common tactic for thieves is to take keys off hall tables or from convenient key racks near the door, simply by ‘fishing’ for them with a pole through the letterbox.

    “The days of ‘hot-wiring’ cars are for the most part behind us.” Faughnan said.

    “But tactics have changed. Thieves will now target car keys, and will sometimes break into a house to look for them. It is a mistake to leave them in an obvious place like a hall table. It is very frustrating for honest citizens to have their hard-earned property targeted by thieves in this way, but it happens and it is increasing.”
    http://www.breakingnews.ie/text/ireland/eyqlgbcwcwmh/

    Bring in the birch!


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I heard from neighbours that there was a couple of lads going through the estate taking pictures of the regs of cars last night, the dads 523i was one of them. Bastards, here's hoping nothing comes of it, Gards were called but they had gone by the time they had.


  • #3
    Blink182rock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭Blink182rock


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I heard from neighbours that there was a couple of lads going through the estate taking pictures of the regs of cars last night, the dads 523i was one of them. Bastards, here's hoping nothing comes of it, Gards were called but they had gone by the time they had.


    Whats the purpose of that ??


  • #4
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Blink182rock wrote: »
    Whats the purpose of that ??

    I have no idea really, seemed strange to me.


  • #5
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 42,293 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Maybe they were collecting pics for something like this...


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