Oh I laughed so hard at work at this.

Too bad they couldn't turn the stereo on by remote
Full blast
Polka

Breaking footage of the perp in action..

i bet he sues for wrongful imprisonment or some such thing.

Locked in the vehicle? Why didn't the thief do what most blondes do and call OnStar?

Good thing it wasn't a Toyota or the thief would have died when it started by itself and drove off a cliff.

I play that game with a friend of mine all the time. I guess these guys had some practice.

FTFA: Investigators said another man, Peter Anthony Scandizzo, 25, was seen driving by the scene of the incident and is believed to have been involved in the burglary plot. He abandoned his car after a short chase and was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. in a Lake City home believed to belong to his mother.

I'll bet arresting passersby cuts down on rubbernecking quite a bit.

Wait... was it unlike every other car in existence that auto-unlocks the door if you try to open it from the inside?

/At least any car I've owned

spender: FTFA: Investigators said another man, Peter Anthony Scandizzo, 25, was seen driving by the scene of the incident and is believed to have been involved in the burglary plot. He abandoned his car after a short chase and was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. in a Lake City home believed to belong to his mother.

I'll bet arresting passersby cuts down on rubbernecking quite a bit.

Rubberneckers need to be pulled out of their cars and shot in the back of the head on the side of the road. And anyone that rubbernecks while this is going on should have the same happen to them. And so on.

Then you sell/auction their cars and pocket any money you find on them to pay for the police so they can lower our taxes.

Everyone wins except the rubberneckers because they deserve to freaking die.

Gleng.

This is pretty pathetic, even for a dumb criminal in Florida. The mechanical lock directly on the door overrides all electrical locks, all you have to do is hold it in place as you open the door.

I would have been crying from laughing so hard if I was the owner. God the mental image of this happening is fantastic.

PacManDreaming: Obviously he was a stupid car thief.

How hard is it to just HOLD THE FRIGGIN' LATCH so that it doesn't engage? You know, just like the same irritation that prevents you from unlocking the car from the inside because the dolt on the outside keeps trying to lift the handle.

PacManDreaming: It's really not that hard to kick a window out.

That, too.

CygnusDarius: What?

Ok, he was locked inside the car, and he's supposed to be a car thief... Why the fark didn't he just hot-wired the car, and rammed it on to them, three times, and drove away?.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but on modern cars (such as those modern enough to have a key fob), don't the front doors open regardless of whether or not the door is locked?

I imagine it going as such...

Thief enters car.
Owners press lock.
Thief pulls lock up.

Lock goes down.
Lock goes up.

Repeat.


Did he never try just opening the door?

Key Fog? Sounds nasty....I like it.

My head hangs a little lower today, to think that this actually happened.

ArcadianRefugee: PacManDreaming: Obviously he was a stupid car thief.

How hard is it to just HOLD THE FRIGGIN' LATCH so that it doesn't engage? You know, just like the same irritation that prevents you from unlocking the car from the inside because the dolt on the outside keeps trying to lift the handle.

PacManDreaming: It's really not that hard to kick a window out.

That, too.

Well, keep in mind that we are talking about someone stealing a car IN FLORIDA, so these people aren't your run of the mill Einsteins.

To stop the rubbernecking, why can't the cops toss up a screen on a telescoping pole? It sounds stupid, I know, but in emergency settings like earthquakes or war zones, little kits seem to pop up everywhere to allow a little privacy. Why can't these kits be standard equipment like those little road flares or orange cones? Accident happens, screen goes up, no one can see anything, traffic has to keep moving.

I hate rubberneckers.

I've seen this on several cars. If you lock the car with the remote, you can't open it from the inside. If you are locked in with the remote, nothing works. Locks, door handles, windows etc.

Was fun once when we popped into a store, son wanted to stay in the van (he's old enough) but wife locked the doors anyway. She came back out and asked him to open the door. He was then stuck inside with the alarm going off. I figured out what was happening from inside the store and unlocked it with the remote.

annitabonghit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but on modern cars (such as those modern enough to have a key fob), don't the front doors open regardless of whether or not the door is locked?

Mine don't. 2007 Mazda CX-9. And come to think of it, I did think that was weird, when I first noticed it. You have to press the top of the lock button on the door to open it if you've locked it. I guess it's made that way to protect me from myself.

He still sounds like a profound idiot.

asciibaron: i bet he sues for wrongful imprisonment or some such thing.

Detainment is not wrongful imprisonment when the person is actually committing a crime.

But you're right that he may try.

StarshipPooper: Rubberneckers need to be pulled out of their cars and shot in the back of the head on the side of the road. And anyone that rubbernecks while this is going on should have the same happen to them. And so on.

Then you sell/auction their cars and pocket any money you find on them to pay for the police so they can lower our taxes.

Everyone wins except the rubberneckers because they deserve to freaking die.

Question: Is it rubber necking if I roll down my window and give a big thumbs-up to the guy doing the shooting, without slowing down?

Fobulous.

annitabonghit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but on modern cars (such as those modern enough to have a key fob), don't the front doors open regardless of whether or not the door is locked?

My 2005 with power locks locks itself when the car begins moving, and won't allow locked doors to be opened from the inside. However, it also automatically unlocks all four doors when I turn the ignition off.

I'd actually rather disable that "feature" because it's a security risk. If I park my car and a would-be carjacker knows my model of car unlocks doors as soon as the engine is turned off, then I'm more vulnerable than I would be if my locks remained engaged until I disengaged them myself.

Thinking about it more, I don't think that allowing a door to be opened from the inside even when locked is a common feature on more recent cars. It seems too risky to teh precious snowflakes who like to play with things like windows and door handles while cars are moving at high speed.

Well, there's the side of the argument that says that they want to make the accident/pullover/etc as VISIBLE as possible, so that drivers see it & avoid it. All too often idiots will smash right into a pulled over cop car because they're not paying attention. Putting up privacy screens may obscure the accident, and drivers would be more likely to not notice it.

Yes; you may notice & avoid the accident, but even if you are of average intellect, then half the drivers on the road are dumber than you.

cherryl taggartTo stop the rubbernecking, why can't the cops toss up a screen on a telescoping pole?...

I hate rubberneckers.

OK, and here I thought you were advocating putting up a video screen so rubberneckers didn't have to peer around emergency vehicles to see what was up, and instead could see it on a large screen ahead of them. OK, it makes no sense, is the technology geek in me solving issues that don't need solved.

/Just because it can be done doesn't mean it is a good idea.

wage0048: StarshipPooper: Rubberneckers need to be pulled out of their cars and shot in the back of the head on the side of the road. And anyone that rubbernecks while this is going on should have the same happen to them. And so on.

Then you sell/auction their cars and pocket any money you find on them to pay for the police so they can lower our taxes.

Everyone wins except the rubberneckers because they deserve to freaking die.

Question: Is it rubber necking if I roll down my window and give a big thumbs-up to the guy doing the shooting, without slowing down?


That's what your horn is for.

You honk out " another one bites the dust" or "good evening friends"

I don't know about my Beetle (I don't have a Fob for it, it's a 98) but my 2006 Jetta is very much like what someone above said. You have no physical lock. You must pull the door handle once to unlock, and again to open. So in theory, it's really possible for me to lock someone in the car by repeatedly pressing the lock button on the fob, they'll get it unlocked and i'll lock it again before they get get the second pull to open the door.

still pathetic ....

kcfoxie, check your jetta -- lock it with the remote while inside and see if you can get out.

You might want ear plugs though. (I have a 2003 Jetta with no remote, and observed the behavior on a 2007 Golf)

I'm surprised the burglar didn't piss in their car out of spite.

annitabonghit: CygnusDarius: What?

Ok, he was locked inside the car, and he's supposed to be a car thief... Why the fark didn't he just hot-wired the car, and rammed it on to them, three times, and drove away?.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but on modern cars (such as those modern enough to have a key fob), don't the front doors open regardless of whether or not the door is locked?

I imagine it going as such...

Thief enters car.
Owners press lock.
Thief pulls lock up.

Lock goes down.
Lock goes up.

Repeat.


Did he never try just opening the door?



I'm pretty sure it happened just as you described. And I'm equally sure I dated this guy.
/I like them dumb.
/I kid.
//or doooo I?

Yet another example of why marijuana REALLY needs to be legal.

LMAO

I have serious doubts that would work. Most cars I've seen still have some kind of physical lock button on the inside of the door, plus the door handle itself. Surely by holding or manipulating both of those you could defeat someone hammering the key fob.

Of course, if he was a rocket scientist he would work at NASA instead of being the kind of car thief that can't beat a key fob.

Poppyale: I'm pretty sure it happened just as you described. And I'm equally sure I dated this guy.
/I like them dumb.
/I kid.
//or doooo I?

How YOU... um.. uhh... hows it doin? err umm uhh wanna fark?

StarshipPooper:
Question: Is it rubber necking if I roll down my window and give a big thumbs-up to the guy doing the shooting, without slowing down?


That's what your horn is for.

You honk out " another one bites the dust" or "good evening friends"

I laughed way too hard at that mental picture.

CygnusDarius: What?

Ok, he was locked inside the car, and he's supposed to be a car thief... Why the fark didn't he just hot-wired the car, and rammed it on to them, three times, and drove away?.

Yep that's what I was thinking. You went there to steal the car. You are inside of it. Resume the hotwiring and drive off as planned.

StarshipPooper: spender: FTFA: Investigators said another man, Peter Anthony Scandizzo, 25, was seen driving by the scene of the incident and is believed to have been involved in the burglary plot. He abandoned his car after a short chase and was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. in a Lake City home believed to belong to his mother.

I'll bet arresting passersby cuts down on rubbernecking quite a bit.

Rubberneckers need to be pulled out of their cars and shot in the back of the head on the side of the road. And anyone that rubbernecks while this is going on should have the same happen to them. And so on.

Then you sell/auction their cars and pocket any money you find on them to pay for the police so they can lower our taxes.

Everyone wins except the rubberneckers because they deserve to freaking die.

I would bet good money that you have rubber necked in your day. While I feel strongly against rubber neckers and try not to do it it's almost impossible to not look.

If you look even if your going slow because the guy in front of you is rubber necking you are a rubber necker.

I don't know if they should have arrested the guy, or given him a big hug and some ice cream and praised him for just trying real, real hard.

HumanBeingsSuck: annitabonghit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but on modern cars (such as those modern enough to have a key fob), don't the front doors open regardless of whether or not the door is locked?

My 2005 with power locks locks itself when the car begins moving, and won't allow locked doors to be opened from the inside. However, it also automatically unlocks all four doors when I turn the ignition off.

I'd actually rather disable that "feature" because it's a security risk. If I park my car and a would-be carjacker knows my model of car unlocks doors as soon as the engine is turned off, then I'm more vulnerable than I would be if my locks remained engaged until I disengaged them myself.

Thinking about it more, I don't think that allowing a door to be opened from the inside even when locked is a common feature on more recent cars. It seems too risky to teh precious snowflakes who like to play with things like windows and door handles while cars are moving at high speed.

Man I would never have bought that car. Does it have accident sensors or immersion in water sensors? If the engine dies on it's own does it unlock or do you have to manually turn the key? Sounds like a death mobile lawsuit waiting to happen.

My Hyundai is somewhat opposite, if there isn't weight in the driver seat, you can't lock the doors with the engine running. Makes it harder to lock your keys in the car while it's running.

Without RTFA I can tell it was not a ford product.
You can open/ unlock the doors by pulling the door handle.

I wish all car mfg's had that feature.

Scandizzo was charged with....resisting arrest.

Dude, give it up. Once you've been locked inside a car and the cops show up, you're nailed.

annitabonghit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but on modern cars (such as those modern enough to have a key fob), don't the front doors open regardless of whether or not the door is locked?

Not sure about "most" but my Subaru doesn't open via the handle if the door is locked. (Annoys the hell out of me. If I happen to lock the doors while I am inside, I have to unlock them or at least manually unlock my door from the inside, before I can get out. A stupid, and potentially unsafe behavior, in my mind.)

Many American cars auto-lock the door when shifting into drive, or after driving above a few miles an hour (to help thwart car-jacking,) but then also allow you to instantly open the locked door using the inside door handle, as it should be.