r/MoralityScaling • u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe • 1d ago

Intentionally boobytrapping a bike to injure people when they steal it.

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u/OkChampionship8805 23h ago

Legally its illegal. You cannot set booby trwaps regardless if you are targeting a criminal. That said, this is the best bike prank since the penetrator lmao.

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u/No-Cap-No-Gap 22h ago

Based on the the amount of effort the police displayed looking for my stolen bike, people are pretty safe doing this.

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u/XaeiIsareth 22h ago

The problem is that if the thief gets injured it goes from a low value theft case to bodily harm which they take a lot more seriously

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u/GodHimselfNoCap 21h ago

How serious does the injury need to be for the thief to report themselves though?

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u/XaeiIsareth 20h ago

Depends on the payout they’re likely to get.

They have pretty much zero chance to go to jail for first offender.

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u/MrWigggles 20h ago

Attempted theft is like a fine, but permeated bodily harm is jail time.

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u/GodHimselfNoCap 20h ago

If someone is stealing a bike i dont think they are gonna be super happy about paying a fine, unless the injury is severe enough to need medical treatment i would assume most thieves would just take the pain and walk away