Talk:Motor vehicle theft

This is generally understood to refer to the stealing of automobiles, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles, trucks, and the like; but not to aircraft, boats, bulldozers, and spacecraft.

So, exactly what is the term for theft of spacecraft? Space vehicle theft? What about stealing of bulldozers? Egil

Depending how it's done, I would think it'd be piracy, mutiny, hijacking, or privateering, or classed as "spoils of war". It would certainly be interesting to see a test case in court. <g> -- John Owens

Actually the text I have here says that it is simply larceny. (anon)

NPOV

I don't think this article has a very neutral POV. At the bottom, it refers to Mexico and former Soviet Union nations having a lack of customs control or database access. I would think that this is just flat-out not true, but I don't know. In any case, I believe it biased. --Zeromaru 01:45:19, 2005-09-06 (UTC)

From what I have heard it is true that many cars stolen in the US end up in Mexico, perhaps because it is (obviously) easier to evade US authorities when you get the thing over the border. I took out specific mention of Mexico and the former Soviet countries (personally I think calling these states "former Soviet" is really dumb because the term is so vague) and tried to make that part more generic. How do you think it reads now? -- Andyluciano 23:23, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

It reads good. At the time of my edit, I couldn't exactly word it suitably enough, so I added the NPOV notice with the hopes that someone would be able to. And you have. I've removed the NPOV notice, since I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who complained about the POV. If anybody else feels that the article still lacks a NPOV, feel free to re-add the notice. --Zeromaru 02:47:01, 2005-09-11 (UTC)

Expand the topic?

I found this article sorely lacking (not criticizing anyone, just making a point). I would like to see the following content here:

Statistics both per country and over time, or at least link(s) to same, as well as theft rate per car models.

Sociological aspects (why some locales experience more car theft than others, demographics of typical thieves, etc.).

Preventative measures by car owners, countermeasures by thieves, counter-countermeasures, etc., and the usefulness of each kind of deterrent/defense (Club, Lojack/Onstar, alarms, VIN etching, passive non-alarm systems, etc.).

I've been doing some research over the past few days, but there's a lot of misinformation laying about on the web, or I'd do it myself. John DiFool2

On a leisurely sidenote, this article might include a reference to the "Gone in Sixty Seconds" movie. CrystyB

Spacecraft?

From the article: 'This is generally understood to refer to the stealing of automobiles, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles, trucks, and the like; but not to aircraft, boats, bulldozers, and spacecraft.'

Was there some case of spacecraft theft in the past? This sounds strange. --Michael Sch. 17:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)