Key Fobs

Many cars don't come with keys anymore - they have key fobs, a thingie with buttons to lock/unlock your car, open the tailgate, start it, etc. Very handy. And easy to misuse.

As a curmudgeon, I open the local paper to the "police blotter" every week to see what evildoers are up to. Apparently of late, they are up to stealing cars where idiots have left their key fobs IN the car.

Apparently some car owners have decided it was quite convenient to leave the fob in the car when at home - one less thing to worry about remembering when they go out. Well, they're idiots. The criminal element has got ahold of simple devices that can detect when a car is "talking" to its fob, which shouts "jump in and steal me - I'm for the taking!"

And so, they do.