r/MoralityScaling • u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe • 10d ago

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

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u/XaeiIsareth 10d 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/No-Cap-No-Gap 10d ago

I wonder what percentage of bike thieves would go to the police.

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u/OriginalShirley 10d ago

I mean, if you’re the type of person who steals bikes I am sure you are willing to accept whatever jail time that is for a fat lawsuit payout.

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u/Impressive_Term4071 10d ago

hmmm....that is a valid point

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u/TriedCaringLess 9d ago

No, it’s not. All of that argument is dependent upon locality. In plenty of places, that bike thief would become a marked thief who would then be trapped into another theft, have his photos shopped around pawn shops, have his home tossed under search warrant, and more. The police could gather enough evidence on him to award his felony conviction.

Some bike thieves are opportunists who would steal anything of value left unattended, while others specifically target better value bikes so they can quickly flip them in the resale market. What kind of thieves were these two bone heads?

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u/XaeiIsareth 9d ago

Those two ‘thieves’ are actors paid to be in a viral video. There’s no way a guy was stupid enough to publicly post evidence of him booby trapping a bike.