it's too easy

  Every day it seems I hear about something else that is just crazy. In the news yesterday they were reporting on the theft of automobiles. Hyundais and Kias are being stolen because it is apparently easy to hot wire them. That's what we used to call that anyway. Steering wheel locks tied to the ignition switch weren't mandatory on cars until 1998. Prior to that you could simply hot wire the car and drive away. Things was the Attorneys general for 17 states and the district of Columbia weren't declaring those vehicles unsafe. But that's what happened yesterday. In a letter to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this coalition requested a recall of all those vehicles by Hyundai and Kia because they are too easy to steal. Being too easy to steal makes them unsafe. In a brief moment of lucidity and common sense the NHTSA said, no. 

 You see these attorneys general are concerned for the safety of criminals. Their ability to easily steal these cars are leading to accidents as they attempt to evade the police. If the cars weren't so easy to steal, no one would steal them. Same logic as if I don't have a gun, I can't shoot it. Same logic as, if I'm no longer pregnant I won't have a baby. There was no mention of penalties for the criminals that are stealing these vehicles. Many of the thefts are just the tic-tok people answering a challenge. They have seen the instructions on that platform and give it a try. I suppose tic-tok should be held accountable for that as well. After all, if they didn't tell you how you wouldn't have done it. But the problem lies with the vehicles. They aren't being made theft proof. Manufacturers should be held accountable for someone stealing your car. They should be compelled to do everything in their power to prevent that. I see a class action lawsuit coming! 

 On the news they were showing the local police departments handing out free steering wheel locks to owners of those cars. Yes, they are free courtesy of the taxpayers. If you purchased one of those Kias or Hyundais over the last ten years or so your fellow citizens will provide you with a steering wheel locking device. That is addition to paying for my own vehicle. You're welcome. At least one Chief of Police was on that show saying that Hyundai and Kia should provide locks. It is their fault the cars are being stolen because the locks provided aren't good enough. As for me I would point out one simple fact; the purpose of locks is to keep honest people, honest. That was a lesson I learned while serving in the Navy. I expect the same lesson was learned by anyone in any branch of the armed forces, and anyone that ever lived in a communal housing situation. Locks merely keep the honest folks honest and do little to stop a thief. I've known a few characters that could open a lock using a pic and just where to strike a combination lock to pop it open as well. For most locks a bolt cutter will solve the problem easily enough. You can steal a car with an ignition steering wheel lock without a lot of difficulty as well. Just takes a slide hammer. 

 As I said all this is just crazy. The automobile manufacturer being blamed because people are stealing their cars. Hyundai and Kia just happened to be the target of the online tic-tok challengers. It could have just as easily been any other manufacturers. The cars in question still use a key type of ignition rather than a push button. This is what is being identified as the "security" risk. This is why those companies should be held accountable for the theft of those vehicles. It's just too easy and you are tempting the criminals, challenging them in fact, and they can't be blamed. They should be using electronic means to prevent those thefts. It's a safety hazard! Yup, criminals stealing cars create a safety hazard. Not the fault of the criminals though, it's the fault of the manufacturers. If McDonalds didn't sell hamburgers I wouldn't get fat! That's a safety hazard too. Why it is going to raise the price of health care in this country. That's why you should pay for my healthcare on a universal plan. Hey, it's not my fault. McDonalds makes it too easy for me to get a burger. It's probably that online app. It's just too easy.