How does that happen?
In reply to dean1484 :
More importantly, how can we make it happen more often?
dean1484 said:How does that happen?
Bad timing? Depending on the vehicle, it is entirely possible for the vehicle owner to get into the driver's seat, start the engine and drive away without realizing there's someone underneath. Especially at 4AM when cognitive ability might not be at 100%.
Nature finds a way.
As someone who pays these theft claims, I applaud this application of Darwin's theory.
Instant karmic retribution.
berkeley em. You get what you get.
I only person I feel bad for, is the dude who ran him over. Killing someone, even accidentally, can mess you up.
How much you want to bet that the family of the would-be thief tries suing the guy who ran him over?
NickD said:How much you want to bet that the family of the would-be thief tries suing the guy who ran him over?
That's a given. I guarantee you some sleezebag lawyer is already paying them a visit making promises.
To quote Clarence Darrow (but often misattrituded to Twain), "when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
I'm surprised this doesn't occur more frequently. Or maybe it does and isn't reported?
I have a feeling that there's more to this story... like maybe the owner saw it happening, hopped in and drove away.
Crucial details are missing here.
XLR99 (Forum Supporter) said:
HA! I actually just looked that meme up when I saw the thread title.
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:I have a feeling that there's more to this story... like maybe the owner saw it happening, hopped in and drove away.
Crucial details are missing here.
What surprises me is when they get cut off at say a red light, and the person doesn't just move up or back enough to pin the thief down.
Wow. Tragic.
I fully support arresting, charging, trying, convicting, sentencing, and imprisoning thieves, but I thought we had gotten past the point of wanting to execute people for property crimes. I guess we should tell North Korea and Saudi Arabia that we're coming around on that.
The thief was at least clever in terms of the personal risk, doing it from a hospital parking lot. Didn't pay out, though.
RevRico said:Woody (Forum Supportum) said:I have a feeling that there's more to this story... like maybe the owner saw it happening, hopped in and drove away.
Crucial details are missing here.
What surprises me is when they get cut off at say a red light, and the person doesn't just move up or back enough to pin the thief down.
Does this actually happen? There are thieves ballsy enough to cut the cats out of running cars at a stop light?
Dusterbd13-michael said:RevRico said:Woody (Forum Supportum) said:I have a feeling that there's more to this story... like maybe the owner saw it happening, hopped in and drove away.
Crucial details are missing here.
What surprises me is when they get cut off at say a red light, and the person doesn't just move up or back enough to pin the thief down.
Does this actually happen? There are thieves ballsy enough to cut the cats out of running cars at a stop light?
Haven't heard about it recently, but back in the 90s when cordless sawzalls became a thing, and again in 08 recession we were hearing about it in big cities prone to traffic jams.
Often times a "homeless" would distract the driver and someone would crawl under, cut, and go. Or two people, one on each side, one cuts the front other cuts the back. Less than a minute and they can be gone.
Sounds like a good way to get burnt or run over, but idiots are idiots.
wae said:Wow. Tragic.
I fully support arresting, charging, trying, convicting, sentencing, and imprisoning thieves, but I thought we had gotten past the point of wanting to execute people for property crimes.
This.
Some of the reactions in this thread are surprising.
wae said:Wow. Tragic.
I fully support arresting, charging, trying, convicting, sentencing, and imprisoning thieves, but I thought we had gotten past the point of wanting to execute people for property crimes. I guess we should tell North Korea and Saudi Arabia that we're coming around on that.
Well what's the alternative? Call the cops? They'll say good luck, maybe give you a report number for insurance.
IF they actually find them, they'll get a fine and released, or probation and released, and go back and do the same thing again. Nobody is going to pay $60k a year (current cost in PA state prison) to keep someone in prison for cat theft unless they have a pile of them, and even then that's a hard sell. With judges letting pedophiles walk due to prison population numbers, expecting any sort of justice for such a petty crime is pretty naive.
One of the few things I agree with Saudi Arabia on, ok maybe the only thing, but it's awfully hard to steal anything if you don't have a hand to take it with.
wae said:Wow. Tragic.
I fully support arresting, charging, trying, convicting, sentencing, and imprisoning thieves, but I thought we had gotten past the point of wanting to execute people for property crimes.
If thats what actually happed when they are (rarely) caught.
wae said:Wow. Tragic.
I fully support arresting, charging, trying, convicting, sentencing, and imprisoning thieves, but I thought we had gotten past the point of wanting to execute people for property crimes. I guess we should tell North Korea and Saudi Arabia that we're coming around on that.
Wah! Wah! Wah!
The choices we make have consequences. If we choose to lie under someone else's car and steal parts off of it, we have to accept that there is a risk of personal injury. If we jump in our car and drive off and there's a guy under there, maybe we just want to move the car. No malice there. Stuff happens.
The reason property crimes are increasing is that many metropolitan police forces are declining to prosecute them. We should hope that people would choose not to steal from their fellow man, but we can never condone criminal behavior.
24 posts and nobody has done the pun yet...fine, whatever, I'll do it.
What a cat-astrophe. 
About a year ago here in Los Angeles, a guy was found crushed under a car with a sawzall and his shoes nearby.
It was suspected that he had an accomplice that tried to pull him out by his feet and his shoes popped off.
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