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Some of the UK's newest and most popular cars are at risk of being stolen in seconds by exploiting weaknesses in keyless entry systems. The systems let drivers open and start their cars without taking their key out of their pocket. A DS 3 Crossback and Audi TT RS were taken in 10 seconds, and a Land Rover Discovery Sport TD4 180 HSE in 30.
What Car? security experts performed the tests using the same specialist technology operated by thieves. They measured the time it took to get into the cars and drive them away.
Car theft rates in England and Wales have reached an eight-year high. In 2018, more than 106,000 vehicles were stolen. And motor theft insurance claim payouts hit their highest level in seven years at the start of 2019.
The Association of British Insurers said claims for January to March were higher than for any quarter since 2012.
It said a rise in keyless car crime was partly to blame, but did not have figures on what proportion of claims were for keyless vehicles.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @02:21AM (4 children)
Reading the European press, car theft seems much more of an issue over there, because Polish gangs would have moved a car to Poland by nightfall, and from there to the rest of Eastern Europe, where Western laws are unenforceable.
If your premia for insurance against theft therefore are much higher, individuals will put more effort into investing in more protection.
Though I wonder who buys the hot cars from Britain with the wheel on the right. Do they get loaded into containers and sent to the mideast or Africa?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @02:48AM (1 child)
Russia, my guess; if you have money for a hot car, you have money to get approval to drive it even if the driving wheel is stuck on the roof.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @05:16AM
(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @07:38AM
Parts, old chap, parts of hot cars...a container/truck filled with 'scrap metal' isn't going to be subjected to the same level of scrutiny as one filled with cars..
Funny you should mention the Poles though...that's one thing you won't see the mainstream UK media mutter, as they're not allowed to point out the increase in the numbers of certain crimes tallies with the increase in the numbers of valuable contributers to our wonderful diverse society from eastern climes...no doubt one of the Mr 'correlation-isn't-causation' brigade will now butt in with the usual mantra..
Mind you, the Poles, on the whole, are the best of the sorry bunch...the worst for 'petty crime' being the Roma, for 'organised crime' the Albanians, followed by the Ukrainians and the rest..
And don't start me on the 'poor Iraqi and Syrian refugees who lost everything sob sob boo hoo' who've been given council/social housing and who're driving around in brand new 4WD cars..let's not point out that there's been an increase in the amount of dodgy heroin on the market since this lot were allowed in....
It's not as if we had such a shortage of skilled indigenous crooks that we really, really needed to import more of the cunts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @10:07AM
Polish gangs? You mean muslim gangs.