[locci]

He left all that in a parked car?

The faith people on the other side of the Atlantic put in strangers astonishes me every time. Leaving the keys to your car inside the car, leaving the front door open go against the most basic sense of responsability I've been taught, to the point that I feel uneasy the whole travel when I have to leave the car unlocked while on a ferry boat.

L'occasione fa l'uomo ladro - Opportunity makes a thief

[ugh]

I don’t think this has anything to do with the side of the Atlantic you are living on. People grow up in different surroundings. Leaving your car unlocked, with keys and valuable stuff, is obviously no problem at all if you are from a really small village where everyone knows everyone. If you grew up in a larger city where no one knows no one the thought alone of leaving a car unlocked would probably make you uneasy.

I’m from and grew up in a small German town (pop. 40,000) and I can pinpoint pretty exactly when I start feeling uneasy. I’m ok with leaving a car unlocked for a few minutes (not much more than five) but I would not consciously leave the keys (even if I only stop the car in front of my home to run in and get something) and I would always make sure that no valuable stuff is visible.

That’s the level of precautions I’m personally comfortable with but I know other people with different comfort levels.

(Of course there are always situations in life when you just do something stupid for no good reason at all except that it seemed like a good idea or comfortable at the time. The likelihood of being the victim of a crime even if you leave your keys is quite low, so sometimes you might just want to be lazy.)

[noahc]

It's weird to me that you WOULDN"T feel secure doing that. I grew up in a rural community where you left your car keys in the car and the door unlocked. It wasn't uncommon to see $100,000+ pieces of farm equipment sitting out in the field with the keys still in them.

To me it seems odd that you would tolerate having to lock everything up.

[aangjie]

I will observe that farm equipment vs electronic equipment usually have a huge difference in physical size. Also you seem to be referring to motorable farm equipment.But i assume they don't have a very good speed.* *- I may be wrong about the speed limit part.

[mellifluousmind]

It really depends on where you are from. If you are born and raised in Asia, or in urban America, I don't think you would feel comfortable leaving things unlocked.

Last time I checked, Windsor, Ontario, Canada has such a friendly neighborhood that they do often leave their home doors unlocked. Whether that's a good idea or not, it is up to you. Personally, I keep it locked, just for a peace of mind.

[qx24b]

It depends mostly on the habits from where you live, I personally leave things unlocked at home half the time because I only have 5 neighbors in a few mile radius but when I go to the city you can bet my car doors are locked but it is likely that I would leave a camera or laptop in my car for a while.

It also depends on where you are at, I wouldn't do it in a city I don't know or a part of town I don't like but some things are familiar and generally safe.