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Freakanomics: helping society and stopping car theft

submitted by oxdottir

1 decade 6 years 5 months ago

This is from the Freakanomics blog. Freakanomics is a fascinating book. This is about keeping your car from being stolen while benefitting your neighborhood.

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If you were wondering as well: Lojack is a covert alarm system installed in the car that notifies police that the car is being stolen and lead them to its whereabouts.

So...
You benefit if other cars with Lojack are attempted to be stolen, which in the long-term teaches the car thiefs a lesson.

I'm guessing that if you have a sticker that says "Lojack installed" on your window, this would negate the benefit, having the same effect as the club, leading the thief, in the short-term, to steal neighbouring cars...non?

If you had a sign that said the car had a lojack, wouldn't they just disable it before steeling the car?

An alarm with a sign is Overt.

*freakOnomics!

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