Posted on 12/04/2023 8:43:41 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
The car theft was mostly peaceful.
Yeah, I read the headline as a 2 year old had died.
Glad that was not the case.
The four survivors could, I think, be charged with felony homicide ...
Kias frequently stolen. Doing a
search I found references to “Kia
boys”. An article on the Verge says
“A loose collective of teenage car thieves calling themselves Kia Boys have stolen tens of thousands of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, often posting the results on YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok. But the chaos and destruction left in their wake rarely goes noticed”
arstechnica:
>>During the pandemic, bored and tech-savvy teenagers began posting videos online showing how to steal Kias and Hyundais. Thefts of these cars began increasing dramatically around the country, and soon the social media challenge—where people film themselves doing something (like dumping a bucket of icy water over their head) then post the video online as proof—had caused deadly car crashes, a class-action lawsuit, and even drops in the automakers’ stock prices. Kia and Hyundai both began offering software updates and recalling cars, but the damage was done.
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