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[quote=Anonymous]I know this isn't what this thread is about but it seems clear to me that the rise in carjackings in the city is directly related to the success of anti-theft technology in cars.

I was on a jury for a carjacking where the perpetrators abandoned a stolen older car in order to commit a carjacking so they could have a newer car, with a key. They couldn't steal that car while unoccupied because of anti-theft devices. They were (stupid, dangerous, criminal) kids.

Similarly to how people don't steal phones any more because it's too hard to use them, it seems that someone needs to come up with car technology to make carjacking useless. It would have to happen in a way that doesn't put the driver at risk, and idk what it is. Maybe face ID where new drivers have to go through some registration process OR push an emergency button that would contact law enforcement would work.

An obvious flaw there would be that if the carjacker needs your face to operate the car, they might kidnap you and force you to drive. But I don't think that's what most of the city's carjackers want to do, they just want a car to joyride around in (again not saying that's not incredibly stupid and criminal, it is).[/quote]

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