I was thinking maybe the site could use a section where people who have had their cars stolen could post by their region/state so that others that are in the same area could help out by keeping an eye out for the vehicles. Sorry if this idea is just stupid...

 

Most stolen vehicles end up in a couple of places. They can be driven for a "joy ride" or used in the commission of a crime and then dumped. More often, they are stripped and the parts sold, or in states with a border with Mexico, they are shipped to another country, sometimes even South America or the Middle East. The stolen vehicles you see cops chasing on TV most likely were stolen within the last 24-48 hours. After that, the chances of finding/recovering them go way, way down.

Dusty

 

Yeah I know about that, I was just thinking if fellow dodge owners were keeping an eye out it would improve those chances somewhat for recovery...

 

We've had members post reports of their vehicles being stolen in the Off Topic section before. I don't believe any other members ever spotted any of the vehicles though......maybe if we had 4,000,000 members instead of 40,000......

Dusty

 

yeah and if they get stolen at night by the time they wake up report it to the cops take care of all the police reports and then finally get around to posting about it on here it could be laying in a ditch somewhere after a bank robbery or parked in a remote area after a joy ride or in the process of being disassembled in mexico.

 

You said what I was thinking......the sad thing is, someone spends $30,000 on something and it gets ripped off and it's treated as a non-violent crime by the PDs (unless it's a carjacking) and it goes to the bottom of the priority list for the PD shift briefing. Even if the perp is caught, in Texas you can get off with as little as 180 days in jail....

Dusty

 

Yeah I guess you're right about that.

 

Dusty whats the chance of getting caught if you just go for a "joy ride"