Auto Theft Questions

 1. 5 Reasons for stealing a car:

• Joy riding, often motor vehicle thieves are motivated by acquiring power, prestige, sexual potency, and recognition related to the type of vehicle. Many teenagers are criminals of these acts as it's often to impress peers. These criminals want to experience the "greatness" of owning and driving one of these vehicles.
• Short-term transportation, this form of car theft is not too different from joy riding, the main distinction between the two is short-term transportation thieves have the goal of just getting from one location to another.
• Long-term transportation, these thieves intend to keep the car for their own usage. They often repaint the car or cover it up in some way to limit suspicion
• Profit, These are often professional, organized stealers who sell off intact stolen cars. They change necessary papers, effectively making a convincing profit. The amateur side of this motive looks like people poorly selling car scraps to make some money.
• Commission of another crime, these criminals steal vehicles to use within other crimes. They want to stay hidden, using a vehicle that doesn't track back to them.

2. Ontario has the highest amount of stolen cars. In 2022 more than 105,000, leading to at least a vehicle stolen per 5  minutes just in Ontario alone. The most stolen vehicle in Ontario is the Lexus RX Series. 2,852 Lexus RX Series cars were stolen in 2022, just barely beating the Toyota Highlander at 2,838!

3. List of ways to prevent a car theft:

1. Keeping your car in a safe, secure garage.
2. Locking your onboard diagnostic port.
3. Locking your steering wheel.
4. Attach a tracker to your vehicle.
5. Install camera's in necessary locations.
6. Avoid leaving valuables in plain sight.
7. Obviously leaving your vehicle running with keys inside(some people do this to warm up their car).
8. Don't keep spare keys inside the vehicle(although thieves can often hotwire your vehicle still).
9. Always lock your car.
10. Don't park in areas with large auto theft rates unless you're cautious with how you do so.