Thieves Can't Figure it Out Either

You'd think the shitty economy would have brought out the car thieves. It probably would have. But the same bunch of computers that make modern cars impossible for shade tree mechanics to fool with have also stumped thieves. As a result, car thefts are at a 20-year low, according to a story in USA Today.
It's not just sophisticated alarms that are thwarting thieves. The USAT story claims that an increase in built-in technology like ingition immobilizers and GPS tracking technology has made boosting cars a poor proposition. Gone are the days of the hot-wired car. Long live the smash-and-grab thieves, however, at least in my neighborhood.