How criminals are stealing cars at record speeds | Times Reports
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The ease of so-called “keyless theft” is one reason for the huge surge in the number of cars being stolen off people’s driveways as they sleep.
Analysis of Office for National Statistics data by The Times found that last year a car was stolen every 3 mins 50 seconds. In total, 135,526 cars were reported as stolen last year, the highest number in more than a decade.
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So this was an advert
Most keyless entry cars provide a way to disable the feature. I was able to completely turn it off on my old car and on my current one I just double click the lock button to do it, I NEVER leave keyless entry on. Check your car manuals.
Hahahaha! Did you just say check your manuals?!?
I would genuinely love to know what percentage of new car owners check the manual... Gotta be less than 5%.
Or you can buy a £5 RFI pouch and put your key in it.
Fair dos as we say up here in Scotland
Modern cars are overpriced junk with an iPad where the dashboard used to be🙄
Love my iPad
Keyless entry!....I knew straightaway when it became standard in all cars that this was going to be troublesome and look how it is now....
Less work for the owners while getting into their cars, the less work for a thief to steal it.
Get a decent disclock, mechanical security is still a far superior deterrent than anything electronic. Thieves only go for the low hanging fruit. If you've blown 100k on a car surely £100 on a steering wheel lock seems like a no brainer.
Exactly!
You're better off getting a fuel pump cut out or battery disconnect switch fitted.
Off in seconds. Just put your keys in a cheap RFI pouch and make sure the flap is properly folded over.
Most of the guys stealing these cars and from council estates mainly English chavs who sign on and eat microwave curry’s from Icelands
There aren't any English in Bradford
Are they cheap and tasty ?
@@mrw2941 they’re banging mate, you’ve got to try them, Chicken Jalfrezi is my favourite but don’t tell my pals coz I voted for brexit and now I’m voting for Reform UK - time to get our country back and hopefully with any luck bring back Jeremy Kyle on the telly
@@Jk-du4ge thought as much
I've informed Scotland yard after your tip off and they are patrolling Iceland's car park from tomorrow.
The car companys wanted this keyless send them the bill
It was consumers who wanted it. The car companies only produce what they think consumers will buy.
Car manufacturers WILL NOT make cars that are difficult to steal.
They are in the business of selling cars !
Yes, as for every new car stolen they get another sale through the victim's insurance company.
Yes they will if they have to pay for the problem created by their design.
WIRELESS KEYFOB AGENDA , STOP THE KEYLESS ENTRY IT WILL DECREASE
They will do if it deters people from buying their cars in the first place... Who wants to buy a car that can easily be stolen?
Car makers by law have to make cars that can be fully controlled via ODB2 port
Disable and/or lock the ODB2 port and keep car keys in your fridge (faraday cage)
All these issues for the 'convenience' of having the car open as you approach it!
Are we really that lazy and stupid
Yes is the answer.
Been going on for years now, and manufacturers still promote keyless entry, says it all really about their caring attitude to customers?
All car companies know about this so they should be held accountable for if your car gets stolen
Agree
Manufacturers are enabling this to increase profits.
I wouldn’t doubt that one bit!
NO people are because they buy these crappy cars
People are stupid if they leave their car key next to their door 😂😂😂
@@MattUK1and people should be able to leave their doors unlocked and not get burgled
If a thief really wants your vehicle, they will break into your home for the key. This has happened to a few people I know. It's better to leave the key where they can easily find it, than have them search the house and endanger your own and family's life. So no, I don't think it's stupid at all.
Key signal blocker pouch not difficult
This is the manufacturers way of exporting their cars.
Manual transmission and steering wheel to brake pedal locking bar a proven deterrent.
So much for technology
Its amazing how people get scammed in the auto industry just because they want to have the latest vehicle with bells and whistles LOL.
Zero cops about
Don't be silly They're too busy vaping, joining protests, and advocating LGBTQZYZX, Who cares about Drink driving? Or theft? Or not wearing a seat belt?! When you cannot make good tik tok content out of it - using your phone while driving!!! Not indicating!! On patrol.
These are bigger impotence for the police.
Yep there all hidden in mobile speed camera vans, catching the general public speeding 5mph over the speed limit.
Blame Tory cuts.
@@MAK9246part of the problem no doubt, but the Police aren't really about Policing these days
The car manufactures love it.
How so?
@@commercio3564 Cars get stolen and not recovered people have to buy new cars.
1 wire cut, split into 2 & wired to a hidden switch & nobody is going anywhere without a tow-truck unless they know where that switch is. Security doesn't need to be hi tech.
Absolutely astonished you have chosen to show the equipment needed to do this!!! Why so much detail?
Earl Johnson left his key in the car all night. A key broke off in there he can't get it out
Don't leave your key by the door folks.
Every car should have pin to drive .
What happened to the good old physical metal key?! Old school tech works..
Most of the thefts are done by Pakistani gangs and these cars are shipped overseas back to pakistan.
Scum
Well done to those Pakistanis for highlighting how dumb we are here in the west 😂
Proof?
@@CheckDisOutpeeps all the cars stink of curry when found by the cops 😂
What a knob you must be have you ever seen the cars in pakistan ? If that was the case there would be range rovers on every street @CheckDisOutpeeps
The car manufacturers don't care, they will sell more cars.
The insurance company doesn't care. They will just raise your rates.
The Police don't care because you have insurance.
If you care, add an anti theft device to your car. $$
Keyless entry is the most lazy feature that customers have. You're telling me you can't press a button to open a car? It's over complicating simple things with unintended consequences. I don't want car premiums rising because this lazy feature.
Put a steering lock on. Then they just come in your house for the key.
They just strip it down for parts in broad day light and the police do nothing. Same as shoplifting. Police are too busy on twitter, everything is policed except for crime.
Get better security
They will move onto the next easier car to steal. The thieves that use this scanning method to steal cars are likely the cowardly opportunist types.
Re pin the obd port, then have a removable master link cable that converts it back to the correct pin out for when you actually need to do diagnostics.... When they plug in without the master cable they'll just have no communication
Sounds complicated
@@mrw2941 it's an easy 10 minute job
that's why I drive crappy cars only, nobody would bother to steal it. a must in the UK, where thieves are everywhere
Mostly to be found around Westminster.
Toyota in the UK got rid of thr push to start and wireless entry in an attempt to stop car theft
Who wants to steal a Toyota
@@ronniep9272 go play in the street . . .
@@ronniep9272 Exactly why Toyota should be everyone's choice car. Have you ever seen a broken down Toyota?
Gone in 60 seconds -Memphis: I just stole fifty cars in one night! I'm a little tired, a little *wired*, and I think I deserve a little appreciation! 😆
Eleanor!
Use a faraday wallet for your keys, they are £5 and they work.
Or an old biscuit tin 👍🏻
I was about to write the same thing, i’m surprised the man didn’t mention that… he must’ve been more concerned with promoting his own business!
You can still steal your car with the obd port , get a lock for it or relocate it
@@klobmiester oh I didn’t realise that! The whole keyless system seems like such a bad idea
The criminals are away ahead of this. From another car theft video they stated that there is a guy on the dark web and all you do is send him the VIN number and he will send you a few fob for the cat for a large fee.
The guy said ghost immobiliser work,surely the range rover which they use which is clearly owned by the company who installs said ghost immobilisers would have one fitted and they managed to get into that with no hassle at all so not a very good advert for the product.
He isn’t that stupid. He is disabled it 🙄
Do your own protection
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car manufactures do need to do more to protect but the bigger issue i feel lies with the police failings, it was never this bad, its not hard to x-ray containers, to prevent them leaving. and how many abandoned cars have you seen by the thieves in prep for retrieval, this is purely down to the police not removing the car, funny that you park illegally they can't wait to take a car, yet if abandoned and clearly signs of theft they leave them for days, get out of the cctv office and get back on the beat
This is why its important to take your keyless key to be taken up with you to your room, insurance companies will use that against you if you dont!!!
If you cant afford proper security then dont buy a car thats worth stealing. Tought times but it is what it is.
Criminals are starting to use tandem trailers here in New Zealand drag the vehicle on then take it away
Cars should have a thumb print scan to open.. my phone has and its not the latest model. Big con
Because it’s too hard to put a key in the ignition. If it is you need an additional immobiliser
What about keeping the keys in an RFID box???
So uve basically educated pple an how to nick cars
Deliberately manufactured this way....how can it be so difficult to fit locks that work?
If a Faraday box that blocks radio waves from the theaves device and cant find your keys also ive a very good locking mechanism in side and out side
The best way to fight it is to understand how they do it like this video shows , then have as many levels of protection as you can , I have a ghost immobiliser , a basic tracker on show near the battery, 3 air tags trackers With speakers removed , an obd lock and a faraday box …. Good luck with that
All that for a Skoda
@@mrw2941 lada actually
@@klobmiester nice
All those protections for a fiat multipla, right?
I locked my keys in my van due to a faulty door rocker switch. A locksmith came with a skeleton key and was in it in about ten seconds . What's the point in all these alarms ?
i have real key ignition.😂😂
Unless you are stupid we all know who is a fault & it is not the buying car driver !....but they are not taking any responsibility just our hard earned cash !!
As easy as entering the UK by Dinghy ⛵️
Who are the smart guys that have invented keyless😂s entry again
Very simple turn off keyless entry but everyone things it wont happen to them till the car is taken
After parking the car what if we remove the battery from the key so no more signal
U could also buy a car key signal blocking box for a few quid and store them there at night
Can’t understand why people spend ten of thousands on nice cars, and don’t spend a lot less on a garage, I bet most cars parked on drives are locked away in garages on their insurance.
How? The more comes on boats the more cars stolen
Evey alarm, and security devices is easy to overcome... Except kill switch system. This would not allow to ignite the engine, but everything else would work fine : ) Costs 5-10 Sterling!
Where do I get a scanner from😇
Those immigrants that you pay £2000 a month to take care of your old people.
Big companies wont change the keyless system its big money for them to replace cars its indurance company is the loser
Put a ghost on it and try stealing it again
Huh
@@southernafricanboy4148 guess you don't have such a thing in SA
"The Ghost protects your car from key-cloning, hacking, and even key theft. The Ghost has no key-fobs or LED indications to give away its location. The Ghost uses the buttons in your vehicle such as those on the steering wheel, door panels or centre console, to allow you to make a unique, changeable, disarm sequence (like a PIN code) that must first be entered before you can drive your car. Just like your credit card but you can make your car disarm sequence even safer by making it up to 20 presses long"
Or just use a decent steering wheel lock
A lot of them will break into your house and make you give them the code. Remember you aren't allowed firearms to defend yourself or your family in the UK, let alone your property.
@@MattyEngland one time i see this guy break into another man’s house and steal his underwear. It was in a movie but im sure it happens in real life somewhere in the world
Car makers by law have to make cars that can be fully controlled via ODB2 port
Disable and/or lock the ODB2 port and keep car keys in your fridge (faraday cage)
Technology is such a wonderful and convenient thing. I don't understand this keyless nonsense since you still need to car a fob with a key in it, in case of emergencies.
All that effort to take a pap pap lol
JaguarLandRover will not admit their cars are easy to steal.
A failure to admit the truth. No surprise it is increasingly difficult to insure their products.
Faraday box for 20 quid.
Luxury cars are easy to steal 😅
Usual suspects
I like my ghost immobiliser :)
Detachable steering wheels with specific pinnings that only that steering wheel can fit?So no one can bring a apare along?
Not ideal for all situations but for the home it will help,so thats two things tbey have to deal with.
Greatly increasing the time they are exposed to cctv and being seenor heard.Make them think twice wont it as capture percentage greatly increases.
I’m not walking around Tesco with a steering wheel 😂
@@klobmiester 😁 I know but there mostly happening on home ground at night, so it's an idea that needs work but a helpful one i beleive
Cctv no good when their faces are covered and the Police won't investigate
Very informative 😅😂🤦
No police about- to be fair they're too busy vaping, joining protests, and advocating LGBTQZYZX, Who cares about Drink driving? Or theft? Or not wearing a seat belt?! When you cannot make good tik tok content out of it - using your phone while driving!!! Not indicating!! On patrol.
These are bigger importances for the police.
There aren't enough police in the first place. The Tories took care of that by decimating the service, just like they've done to Probation, and every other public service.
Thank the Tories by voting them out of government.
Steal 200 cars, get caught once. Say it was your first time. 50 hours community service. Crime pays better than any job.
When you disarm your cittizens, criminals reign supreme.
We’ve never been armed? What are you on about. I assume you are referencing the States, which notoriously has almost no crime..
@mwd331 I was referring to efforts at the national and especially state level that attempt to restrict every aspect of firearm ownership. For instance, California has a policy (not a law, mind you, but a bureaucratic ruling) that if there is an arrest for a crime that, if convicted, would prevent gun ownership, whether there was ever a trial or not) they will not allow the transfer, but will state that they are not denying you the purchase, it's just on hold until "the matter is resolved"
I had a false accusation by a vindictive wife during a divorce over 35 years ago. Arrested, released, never charged. For 20 years after that I could buy any kind of firearm (that California granted the privilege to own... don't get me started on the "permitted handgun roster). Then suddenly, this new ruling was put in place (around 2011 or so). The arrest was still in the database with "no resolution" I even paid for a physical records search in the originating county and they stated there was no physical info that the arrest even happened....
Add that all the extra taxes, zoning restrictions for gun stores, banning magazines over a certain capacity, banning firearms for cosmetic features, etc. Etc. All clearly Unconstitutional, many thrown out when measured against the letter of the Constitution. Still some federal, state, and local officials are actively engaged in reinstating any restriction they can "for your safety" Until we can jail public officials for willfully violating their Constitutional oaths, this will continue.
@@oldguy7402America south America and south Africa gun ownership is common yet it's seems more violent and higher rate of crime then uk
Ghost protection, IS a deterrent!
Faraday pouch
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I am surprised they are not stealing Police cars , who is going to stop them ?
I'm more surprised you don't think there is a tracking device on a police car, lol.
The rainbows deter them
Why would the thieves steal their homies' cars
Ghost is just technology...and just like any other it can be over ridden
That's because technology has made it easyer ,,,,,,,,,Doh