Photo: Maksim Sokolov / Wikimedia Commons No property is worth risking your life to keep, but the common reasoning behind just handing over your wallet and phone during a mugging has been taken to the extreme in Toronto. The police service of Canada’s largest city is encouraging residents to prevent violent encounters with criminals by … Read more
Photo: North Yorkshire Police When police in North Yorkshire, England received a call about a stolen travel trailer on Thursday, it likely seemed like a relatively straightforward case. They knew the trailer, or caravan as the Brits would say, was being towed by a darkly colored BMW X5 and were quickly able to track it … Read more
The federal government of Canada is banning the Flipper Zero due to its alleged use in car thefts. The feds say criminals are using the Flipper to steal cars by intercepting and copying wireless signals that key fobs emit. This is mostly wrong, according to Vice, which cites cybersecurity experts who say the Flipper is … Read more
Photo: Kia A crime reporter for Cleveland.com who’d reported on rampant Kia thefts had her own 2020 Kia Forte stolen just before the New Year. The Kia Amanti Was Basically a Knock-Off Mercedes Molly Walsh covered the hardships people faced when the Kia Boyz spree of car thefts came to Cleveland. The Korean automaker began distributing … Read more
Downtown Los Angeles experienced the highest spike in vehicle theft over the past ten years in comparison to all other bureaus of the city, up more than 300 percent when compared to 2013. Obviously a lot has happened over the last 10 years, including that whole global pandemic that thrust millions into instability, and vehicle … Read more
Image: Getty Images Rapid change in temperature is just plain bad for glass. Particularly for a large sheet of glass — like a car windshield — pouring warm water on frosty glass is likely to crack or shatter it, as the warm parts expand at different rates from the cold parts. The glass will crack … Read more
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