Bay Area Car Owners Leaving Trunks Open While Parked Amid Wave of Car Break-ins

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Some residents in California's Bay Area communities have begun leaving their parked vehicles with the trunks left open in the hope of discouraging auto break-ins.

Photos posted on social media and shared by the San Francisco-based news station KGO-TV showed two SUVs parked side by side along an Oakland street. The trunk doors of both vehicles were open, and the vehicle owners could not be seen in the immediate vicinity.

The person who posted the photo on social media watched the vehicle owners leave their trunk doors open and walk away, the station reported. The person added a caption to the photo that read, "Imagine having to clean out your car and leaving it open in public, just so people won't break your windows."

Residents in both Oakland and San Francisco have been spotted leaving their vehicles with the trunks left open in recent days, dismaying local authorities who have discouraged the strategy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/bay-area-car-owners-leaving-trunks-open-while-parked-amid-wave-of-car-break-ins/ar-AART36L

[Laffy Kat]

1. Why don't they just leave the car unlocked?

[Throck]

2. In college my upstairs neighbor had no locks on her car.

One morning when she jumped in her car she found an extra passenger who moved in over night and was napping.


Just a wee bit of drama.

[Merlot]

3. Why do the local authorities discourage this strategy?