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by jameshart
338 days ago
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In the Boston suburbs, commuter belt communities just outside 128, it is common for police to send out reminders to people to lock their cars when they’re parked on their driveways whenever there’s a spate of thefts of valuables from parked cars. I assume it’s not restricted to this particular stretch of suburbia. Examples: https://patch.com/massachusetts/weston/weston-pd-remind-resi... https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/wellesley-police-urge-re... This always surprises me because for one thing most modern cars auto-lock, and who even keeps valuables in their car? But apparently there are enough high trust people in the suburbs of a major metro area who leave their cars unlocked that it’s worthwhile for people to walk down leafy streets trying car doors. “Last week, 10 unlocked cars were hit by thieves along Bristol Road, Sagamore Road, and Tanglewood Road. Surveillance cameras captured a man stealing a 2020 Porsche Cayenne. The crook had his face and hands covered as he entered the SUV, only to find the key fob sitting in the unlocked vehicle.” And this is in Massachusetts where wealthy people definitely have garages (you are not wasting time clearing snow off your Porsche Cayenne before the school run in February - you keep that car in a garage and let a plow service handle the driveway) One theory: it’s a UX issue. People have cars with keyless entry and they do not actually know how to lock the car. |
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sometimes it's also an entitled lazy humans issue, that no UX could compensate for.
i see endless people driving current (post 2020 anyway) German cars and Cadillacs holding their iPhones with one hand talking into its low side while driving. It's illegal here in Scottsdale AZ, so I've decided those people are just too lazy to take the 1 minute or so to bluetooth pair their phones, or are the entitled sort who think they are more important than the law. many drive incompetently while on the phone, distracted.