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To wish people would just stop?

55 replies

girlfriend44 · 15/01/2025 19:17

Got a spate of car crime going on. No different to other places I guess?
Men walking round in the night trying car doors etc. A couple of cars have been stolen. Some have been rifled through.

Police have been informed naturally.
It's too much. People are starting to feel like the crims have taken over.
What is wrong with people?

Life is hard enough. They are just making people's lives harder they are now having to worry about their cars overnight?
Why don't they give a toss?
Can't people even have a car now? 😡

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girlfriend44 · 15/01/2025 20:14

BallerinaRadio · 15/01/2025 20:08

I know obviously the people trying the cars are in the wrong here, but if you keep your car locked with no valuables in then there's nothing to worry overnight about

You've still got people coming onto.your property.
I don't think the stolen cars were unlocked.

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youngoldthing · 15/01/2025 20:10

girlfriend44 · 15/01/2025 19:53

No.idea whose doing it?
You wonder why people aren't in bed instead of sulking round the streets at night, seeing if there's something they can pinch.

Too much freedom is a bad thing.

Not enough consequences is also a bad thing.

BallerinaRadio · 15/01/2025 20:08

I know obviously the people trying the cars are in the wrong here, but if you keep your car locked with no valuables in then there's nothing to worry overnight about

girlfriend44 · 15/01/2025 19:53

No.idea whose doing it?
You wonder why people aren't in bed instead of sulking round the streets at night, seeing if there's something they can pinch.

Too much freedom is a bad thing.

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coldcallerbaiter · 15/01/2025 19:21

Who do you think is doing this? Locals? Gangs from elsewhere roaming around? Whereabouts are you roughly? Yes it’s worrying, you feel like the worker ants providing for the hornet raider crims!! If police do not regularly catch people them it is as good as an invitation to do it imo. It escalates.