yes they can - but you have to be rather close to 'grab' the signal.
I don't know which car budu has, but most cars have a 'deadlock' facility anyway - takes all of 2 seconds to insert the key and turn it thru 90 degrees... maybe some folk are just lazy/stupid!
Laugh of the week:
A locksmith friend gets called out at 2 am - some bloke has locked his keys in the car.
Friend arrives at scene, takes one look, reaches through half-open passenger window, unlocks door, etc.
"Oh, I didn't think to check if any windows were open," says punter. Then he has the gall to complain about the call-out charge!
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I want to know because she swore she had locked it! It is a Peugeot 106.
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Peugeot 106 = nil security. Take 1 srewdriver plus hammer. Apply 1 cm below lock. Punch hole. etc.
Open in 30 secs..(done to son's car by some toerag..)
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Peugeot 106 = nil security. Take 1 srewdriver plus hammer. Apply 1 cm below lock. Punch hole. etc.
Open in 30 secs..(done to son's car by some toerag..)
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Nissan Micra also = Nil security, saw two get done at work, the one in front of my car, and the one behind!
They just popped the locks right open...
Give me my Fiesta locks any day!
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Same done to my Micra. Contents to value of £100 stolen. Door to value of £200 destroyed.
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Hmmm, had my 306 broken (or not) into through the boot. Don't know how as no visible tampering. Then left through the passenger door with my stereo....and without a fascia on!
Hardly worth the hassel as it wasn't that new, only a Panasonic tape player.
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Hardly worth the hassel as it wasn't that new, only a Panasonic tape player.
Some people would steal their Grandmothers false teeth given half the chance.
In the early hours of this morning, travelling back from a friends house, I pulled into a layby for a - how can I put it - a jimmy riddle. In this layby was an stolen/abandoned J reg Cavalier Sri. It's been there for at least a couple of weeks now - having seen it on previous trips - every time I drive by it another part seems to be missing/vandalised.
Anyway, my point about people will steal anything. Curiosity got the better of me and after shaking hands with the Vicar, so to speak, I took the torch out the boot of my car and had a nose around the abandoned Cavalier. Usual stuff taken - radio, speaker, body panel (bonnet) and wheels. However, the thie(f)(ves) had also ripped out the fuse box and taken all the fuses and relays. But the most bizarre thing was that the speedo/instrument binacle was left lying on the seat with all the bulbs missing!! Who for heavens sake would go to the trouble of removing it just for a few 20p bulbs?
Strangely, every time I heard a noise, or a car approached, I trembled in my boots. Why? I hadn't taken anything, wasn't guilty of anything - I was just being nosey.
How did the thie(f)(ves) manage to nick the parts without any suspicion or guilt? The road is always busy, even at 3am, so how come no one saw the parts being robbed, and if they did, why not report it?
Final thought. The Cavalier still has its number plates on it. Also has the "Police Aware" label attached. Surely the police have been in contact with the owner to let them know they've found their car, yet 2 weeks later it still sits there. Why?
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"Final thought. The Cavalier still has its number plates on it. Also has the "Police Aware" label attached. Surely the police have been in contact with the owner to let them know they've found their car, yet 2 weeks later it still sits there. Why?"
Perhaps because he/she was untraceable through its PNC record.
In theory the Local Authority has responsibility for shifting it under these circumstances following the pasting of a notice on it. The local Crime and Disorder strategy gives the LA around here 8 working days to move these things as they are a recognised crime generator - but on the ground the reality is more like eight working weeks - the words cloud cuckoo and land spring to mind.
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DD
Very similar occurence on A46 Evesham-Stratford road recently, where an old Maestro has been systematically stripped/wrecked in a layby. How do they do it, and, more importantly in this case, why? It looks like someone has hammered it all over, a bit like the Rover in a Father Ted episode.
Regards
Pat
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I think there used to be points on cars including Loti that popped all the door locks if you struck it with a mallet. Part of crash safety feature hmm..
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Now we must now remember that if someone steals our car, trashes it and then says they are sorry, they will be let off.
New policy!
Believe it..
madf
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It's called progress Mad, similar to the schemes where the criminal meets his victims to discuss his crime.
They both go away with a better frame of mind apparently.
The criminal realises that the people who he burgled or mugged are real people!!.
Didn't quite understand that actually but my betters tells me it's important.
And the victim feels he/she have got justice.
A bit above my head, but being the simple kind who simply wants the criminal flogged I'm not likely to understand such advanced methods of reducing crime.
alvin
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I assume it should make some kind of difference to reoffending rates. If people see the consequences of their actions and have to face up to them then it should make them less likely to do it again assuming they have any conscience at all. I am sure it is all part of child psychology, if you just have punishment with no understanding then said child just avoids the punishment and tries hard not to get caught rather than realising what they are doing is wrong because it is wrong and will hurt someone else rather than they just get punished for it.
I'm all for dangerous drivers seeing accident victims in A & Es in all their bloodied mess and gory pictures of RTAs that will hopefully haunt them for ages until they get it into their thick heads that driving without though for others is wrong not because they could get a prison sentence/big fine etc. People need to think more not behave like Pavlov's dogs.
teabelly
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It's called progress Mad, similar to the schemes where the criminal meets his victims to discuss his crime. alvin
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Well, I can vouch for its effectiveness.
I have, on two occasions, met people who tried to deprive me of my goods.
The first was at 3am, and the large piece of wood which punctuated the discussion certainly made me feel better. However, i was quite intrigued with the conversation, and his explanation as to why he was in my back garden anyway ...
The second occurence involved a car, a car radio, two local youths, a broken window and another large lump of wood.
Again, the conversation happened to be rather one-sided.
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so it's Ian in Cape Town who is responsible for the violence bit in Robbery with Violence..?
In the UK YOU would go to jail, not the thief.. that's part of the problem....
madf
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Ian, I don't think this is quite how it's supposed to work.
Discussing their criminal behaviour is not to be reinforced with a wooden club.
Another enlightened alternative we sometimes try is to send them on a holiday abroad to discuss their.. Ok...it hasn't worked yet.
Another one from the west midlands was to take them on to a race track and let them loose in other peoples cars. OK. not very successful yet but...
I think it's you came home to learn just how we tackle these problems.
alvin
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I think it's time you came home to learn just how we tackle these problems. alvin
Can I bring my gun?
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"Can I bring my gun?"
No, only criminals and terrorists are allowed guns in the UK.
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