Why did this happen? OT

This is going to sound cruel and heartless and does not reflect my thoughts on the original post which are the same as those above but I wish more of that would happen here.
Now hear me out, my town has the dubious distinction of being the car theft capital of Australia.
The majority of the thieves who are usually under 18 take the vehicles for joyriding then often set them on fire once they have finished.
The police are not allowed to chase them, one car load actually phoned the police emergency to tell them to call off the chase as they were not allowed to do so.
A couple of weeks ago 6 vehicles were stolen in one day in a city of approx 194000 people, and only 1 car load were apprehended after a 2 hour helicopter search.
The police are virtually powerless as these young offenders are often let out the next day so vigilante groups have started operating but they get jail sentences if caught.
I have video of a pair trying to get into my car but the police weren't interested because no one was hurt.
We have a large youth detention centre not far from the city heart, many time the kids who were released steal a car within 1 hour and drive around till apprehended so they can be put back in as conditions are better than at home.
A local news story
www.abc.net.au

Six cars and a caravan stolen in 'outlandish' crime spree

A rescue helicopter has been tasked to assist police in tracking the vehicles.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
 
Solution: a volunteer program between the automakers, the lawmakers and the public. Every car has a radio device which can be accessed by the police. Car owner agrees to let police shut car ignition off remotely in cases of theft.
Optional: solenoid activated spikes shoot out from steering wheel into face of thief, followed by airbag which seals thief's face and prevents blood spatter on upholstery :cupcake:
-Mark
 
Or, as shown in RoboCop II, Magnavolt Lethal Response Anti-Theft device. Pump the offender with 100,000 Volts. When you get back to your car, simply open the door, pull the offender out, get in and drive away!
 
savarin said:
vigilante groups have started operating
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That is bound to happen if the politicians and police don't take control.
I sometimes read Australian news. Seems like the people there don't have any better view of politicians than I do.
 
I firmly believe that normal people have no interest in going into politics which is why we are left with the dross of society holding those positions.
All the ones with no compassion, no logic, no honesty, rampant greed, low IQs and high levels of corruption.
It seems to be the same the world over irrespective of dictatorships, communist or socialist regimes, capitalist societies, democracies etc.
It never ceases to amaze me that government ministers with absolutely no education in a particular field are given portfolios in that field.
No wonder we are in such a state.
Rant over, no more politics, my blood pressure is too high.
 
I remember the year I graduated high school ( class of 69 ) we lost 9 kids to, too fast, or too drunk, or both. Still somewhat amazed I wasn't among them. Your only young once. Some make it, some don't. Fate? dumb luck? karma? Don't know. Not that I, and most everyone hasn't asked why, or attempted to understand the unfathomable. It just is, and it is sad. Mike
 
I remember my father bought me an oxy-acetylene torch when I was 14. I read a book or something, no one to tell me the dangers of using one, figured it out myself, did quite a bit of welding. Surprised I didn't blow up the house.
 
We insulate kids too much and allow them to be bombarded with fantasy in the movies. Everything is "Fast and Furious" where cars wreck, roll 10 times and everyone walks away to end up in the sequel.

I have been to too many crashes where lives were lost including the lives of kids but I think the kids aren't as affected by the deaths as they are by those who live horribly injured. We had two of the Homecoming court in a crash that killed one outright and left the other just slightly this side of persistent vegetative state. Everyone was sad around the time of the funeral but it was the one who lived showing up at school the week before prom begging her classmates not to drink and drive that really made an impact on them. She will never lead a normal life, never have kids, never walk, never do much of anything but regret drinking and driving. She can talk though and has taken it upon herself to speak to the kids at schools. She gets wheeled in, sometimes in a wheelchair, more often on an ambulance cot, with the machines that keep her alive in tow. She is very persuasive to the kids to stop thinking it won't happen to them. She is proof that it can and she was the lucky one.
 
savarin said:
I firmly believe that normal people have no interest in going into politics which is why we are left with the dross of society holding those positions.
All the ones with no compassion, no logic, no honesty, rampant greed, low IQs and high levels of corruption.
It seems to be the same the world over irrespective of dictatorships, communist or socialist regimes, capitalist societies, democracies etc.
It never ceases to amaze me that government ministers with absolutely no education in a particular field are given portfolios in that field.
No wonder we are in such a state.
Rant over, no more politics, my blood pressure is too high.
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Savarin,
Your situation really disturbed me.
I don't do well with injustice. I'm angry.
 
MontanaLon said:
We insulate kids too much and allow them to be bombarded with fantasy in the movies. Everything is "Fast and Furious" where cars wreck, roll 10 times and everyone walks away to end up in the sequel.
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The kids now-a-days think if they get killed, they'll just hit the "re-spawn" button and restart at a previous level - they have little concept of reality.
 
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