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[deleted] t1_j7cbdyi wrote

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MacKelvey t1_j7cgjbf wrote

Stealing a rental vehicle would be a crime

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mundotaku t1_j7dvjdc wrote

So would be downloading one. You wouldn't download a vehicle!

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poncythug t1_j7cj0ex wrote

Can confirm; I used to work for a rental car company and had someone swap plates on a rental to try to steal it. We only caught it because someone in the neighborhood snitched to me.

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psuedonymously t1_j7cou6i wrote

Don’t rental cars have gps chips in them anyway?

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[deleted] t1_j7d3o4a wrote

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Freakazoidberg t1_j7ea4qw wrote

Probably because GPS units are cost out of company's budget while car thefts are covered by the insurance policy.

So a GPS unit for an entire fleet of cars add up. Then there's the tracking (who's doing the tracking? Who's in charge of the tracker repositories, how do they coordinate with cops), serialzing etc. Which is a logisotical nitemare. Probably easier to claim insurance. Now if it happens often enough that the premiums are going up by a decent margin that's another story.

Edit: this was very incorrect regarding the insurance coverage reasoning.

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mundotaku t1_j7dvehp wrote

Also rental cars have GPS usually installed.

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