Car Thief Gets Instant Karma (the FINAL Glitterbomb 6.0)

Summary by Krater

Mark Rober investigates car break-ins in San Francisco using custom bait backpacks and cars rigged with glitter, GPS tracking, and fart spray, discovering that over 80% of thieves act independently rather than as organized gangs.

From the video

Answers: Who is behind car break-ins in San Francisco and how can they be stopped?

• car break-ins in San Francisco
• bait car experiments
• GPS tracking of stolen goods
• glitter bomb backpacks
• fart spray prank devices

What it concludes

• More than 80% of car break-in thefts in San Francisco were individuals acting on their own rather than organized gang operations.
• Bait car testing revealed that thieves frequently steal from cars of a similar color and model to their own vehicle to avoid obvious mismatches.
• Tempered car windows are extremely vulnerable to concentrated points of stress, making small ceramic pieces from spark plugs highly effective at breaking them silently.
• Removing the incentive for car break-ins by shutting down public street markets that trade stolen goods would significantly reduce property crime.