Communauto loses cars to theft
Users who don’t manually lock cars at the end of their trip are leaving a moment for thieves to steal cars from Communauto.
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Ian 12:05 on 2023-11-18 Permalink
I guess it’s just joyriders?
Or maybe communauto users trying to score a freebie on someone else’s account?
With all the built in tracking and connectivity I’m surprised they can’t disable the car or set off à 911 call.
I mean, I can do that to my phone from my laptop using free software…
MarcG 13:01 on 2023-11-18 Permalink
Seems like joyriders since the cars are easily found – probably young people who found a cheap way to have some fun. Disabling a car that’s currently being used seems dangerous (unless they could detect that it’s in a safe place, but how complicated would that be?), and calling 911 automatically is overkill when there’s no way to tell if it’s legit usage or not. Needing to ‘sign-in’ every single time the engine is started would be a way to add a layer against this but they would have to make it painless for the user.
Blork 15:48 on 2023-11-18 Permalink
MarCG is correct that disabling a car that’s in use is dangerous. Even the services like OnStar won’t do it until they detect that the car isn’t moving (and I think the engine needs to be shut off).
Ian 18:18 on 2023-11-18 Permalink
That is what I meant but to be fair it would be hilariously awful if the brakes just stopped working or something.
I was thinking of how typically you can’t activate a Communauto without using your pass, and how sometimes it doesn’t work if the satellite signal is compromised by, for instance, freezing rain on the windshield.