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Drunks and people on meth are notoriously bad at thinking of long term consequences.

So why is it that the Baitcar Program has reduced the number of auto thefts?

No about the sociopathy. One's mental state while under drugs is not the same as one's normal mental condition, and this sounds like the flying-high, stupid behavior of a teenager on cocaine.

You're right that it would be unfair to label her a "sociopath" based on the scant information in the NewSpeak article. I don't think I did that. I intended to draw a parallel. The cocaine may have been the stimulus that lead to the behaviour, however the result is the same.

Take a look at this video. The chap featured in it has since turned his life around and is lecturing school kids in an effort to stop them from following the path he took. And that is commendable, but the fact is if he had killed someone while on his meth-fueled joyride - say, for example, his gun hadn't failed to fire or he simply lost control of the vehicle he was driving at 140 KM/H down a residential street - I think you would be hard pressed to convince the family of his victims that he hadn't demonstrated indifference to the well being of other members of society.

As I've said elsewhere, I'm not condoning harassing this family, but I don't know the motives of the person doing this. Life experience tells me that things are rarely as cut and dried as they appear on the surface. As hard as it is for the girl's family to have their noses rubbed in the circumstances of her death, it's very possible that someone out there feels justified in doing so.

According to this announcement, license plate data in BC is purged every three months. Yes, in Canada we do have privacy laws. It may not be perfect privacy, but at least it's a consideration when they roll out these programs. The Springdale cops should at the very least do the same.

http://www.baitcar.com/ Police in Vancouver have been using bait cars for years to catch auto theifs. If that is legal, then this would probably be legal.

Bait cars have reduce car theft about 40% over the last 5 years. The police rig a car with cameras, remote engine stop, gps, and leave it in a high crime area. They get some nice video of the criminal then stop the car and arrest the theif.

You mean like these videos, eh?

http://baitcar.com/

That sounds like Vancouver's Bait Car program. I gather it has been pretty successful, and produced a number of funny advertisements.

To satisfy all your stolen car eavesdrop'n needs, check out Baitcar

http://www.baitcar.com/

Which idyllic part of Canada do you live in?

The house we bought in the nicest part of Vancouver last year came with security bars on the 1st floor windows, an alarm system and triple locks on the doors. Maybe the previous owner was a bit paranoid, but a private security firm has just started patrolling the area near us due to a rash of break-ins.

Vancouver has the highest rate of car theft in North America hence the arguably successful bait car program.

You might argue that we don't lock our doors in the daytime when we're home, but the number of home invasions is making that less common.