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Winnipeg Demands Immobilizers on High-Risk Cars

Posted by Zonk on from the tough-claims-agent dept.

mytrip writes with a Reuters article about a new, unusual insurance requirement for drivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Apparently Winnipeg is one of the worst cities in Canada for auto thefts. New and 'high-risk' cars will now be required to install an electronic immobilizers in order to qualify for car insurance. "Chomiak said cars are stolen twice as often in Winnipeg as in other Manitoba cities, while a 2005 report from Statistics Canada said the city had a higher per-capita car theft rate than larger cities like Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. The province, where cars are insured through Manitoba Public Insurance, will fork over C$15 million ($14 million) so that owners without immobilizers can have them installed."

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  1. Re:being someone from winnipeg by Divebus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Put immobilizers on the kids. It's called "jail".

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  2. Re:So? by davester666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This totally infringes on the rights of car thiefs. Thiefs have to eat too!

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  3. Re:being someone from winnipeg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    what we really need here is harsher penalties on these repeat offending kids,
    I recommend the electric chair:

    Son: "Dad? What happened to Jimmy after he stole that car? Did he get grounded?"
    Dad: "Of course son, that's how the chair works."
  4. Old cars had them... by Bazman · · Score: 5, Funny

    All old (non-diesel) cars had engine immobilizers. You popped the top off the distributor cap and took the rotor arm out. How many joy riders carried a selection of spare parts with them? Ah, the joy of analogue tech.