Comment by kkielhofner | Hacker News Reader

Comment by kkielhofner | Hacker News Reader

From what I know all of this originated in Milwaukee with the original "Kia Boyz"[0]. It's been going on there for years - to the point where I've seen wedding invitations that explicitly state not to bring a Kia/Hyundai to Milwaukee. Additionally, car rental companies will not rent Kia/Hyundai anywhere near Milwaukee.

As is the case with most car thefts they are an absolute menace to the streets. "Drive it like it's stolen" is a very real thing[1][2].

Warning - discussion on this topic gets especially racist very quickly so as usual ignore the comments. Seriously, don't even look.

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbTrLyqL_nw

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdilXqQaQZU

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJhLJsBs74

A lady was killed by a stolen Kia doing 70 mph on a residential street a block away from me a few months ago. They did end up catching the kids that did it, somehow. I’m sure she’s not the only death resulting from this.

I hope the shareholders of the Kia/Hyundai Corporation are happy about their extra penny per share (if that) in dividends from the immobilizer savings. The reputational harm from this will be long lasting.

I hope the kids that killed that lady get punished for their actions.

Car theft for joy riding is a really common reason for kids(!) and adolescents to end up "in the system". I don't know how many car thefts that activity accounts for, but it's got to be a non-trivial amount.

It may be the final straw, but I'm not sure it's the proximate cause. A nice boy doesn't wake up one day and decide to steal a car for fun - there's a lot of indoctrination leading up to that before he even considers himself capable of such an act.

Well, sure, it's just a fairly-common act that gets them caught.

[EDIT] I do appreciate your distinction between that being the thing that gets them caught, and its being the "reason", however.

Bollux no indoctrination needed and what exactly is a nice boy? Kids in poor areas find things to do, simple. Stop local governments from closing the youth centers and the kids might have something to do that isn’t stealing cars.

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