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What Every Honda Civic Owner Living in Modesto Should Know
Are you sure that you car is safely parked where you last left it? There is no need to be alarmed or to panic. However, there is a possibility that you and your vehicle may become a victim of car theft. Right now, a thief may be taking your car for a joyride before selling it to the black market.
Okay, maybe it was a bit surreal. But you must also consider the details given by the National Insurance Crime Bureau or NICB. This is an organization that is supported by the insuraq12nce industry that monitors insurance fraud acts.
1. The top metropolitan in United States that has the most case of vehicle theft is Modesto in the state of California. This fact was during the year 2007.
2. It was the Honda Civic 1995 that is considered as the most frequently stolen vehicle in the said metropolitan.
As for those who own a Japanese sedan, a hatchback, or a coupe and currently residing within the inland California, always think that you too are at risk of car theft as well.
The FBI said that every 30 seconds or less, a car is being stolen in United States. The FBI also mentioned that the rate of vehicle theft during the year 2007 was about 363.3 for every 100,000 people.
Thankfully, the cases of
motor vehicle theft are reducing gradually. This is one of the main reasons why car theft declines is because of the different devices that can be installed in the vehicle such as kill switches, immobilizers and car alarms.
However, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said that not all stolen car reports indeed involve cars that are being stolen. There are some cases that the owner would simply give their vehicles up. This is another way of
insurance fraud. The so-called owner give-up is done by owners who are no longer able to pay for their vehicle because of economic factors. According to the NICB in their 2006 report, if the vehicle owner has a debt that is more than the actual worth of the car, they do another option and that is to walk away from it along with their debts.
More often than not, these stolen cars were never recovered especially if it was stolen by a professional theft. Even though the car theft is already declining, the chance of getting a stolen car is still below 60 percent. This simply means that if you had a stolen a vehicle, there is a 50/50 chance that you would still get to use it again.
So where do these thieves part your stolen car. As for the state of California and the states surrounding it, the stolen vehicles are always delivered down south. While other thieves were trying to sell the stolen vehicles as a whole, there are some who disassembles the car parts. These chop shops easily allow them to ship the parts in other places, like overseas. In this way, they would safely transport the car parts and sell it for huge price.
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