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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by rini17 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:16PM (#35930433)
You imply that if you were the victim, watching such byzantine process to recover mere hundreds of dollars would feel satisfying to you?
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by giantg2 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @07:12PM (#35933722)
No, but the idea that there are disincentives for others to make me a repeat victim is nice.

"mere hundreds of dollars"

This is incredibly insensitive. That's a lot of money to lose to many people.

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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by rini17 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @11:40AM (#35938790)
It also results in a disincentives for all parties involved to invest all the time and effort. You could either convince everyone that "don't be insensitive it's a lot of money for them", or you could try to make the process easier.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by giantg2 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @01:34PM (#35939673)
That's not what was suggested. The suggestion was to simply not prosecute a theft of about $900.
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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by rini17 on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @02:58AM (#35972085)
Yes the disincentive, right here in plain view.
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