The greatest hits of the Bait Car program of the Vancouver police

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Vancouver police set up "bait cars" - decoy cars which are intended to be stolen and are set up with GPS trackers, onboard video/audio, and an engine disabler once the police are behind the thief.

As they say, hilarity ensues.

Check out "Oh no!" and "The Prayer" for starters.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

you mean this isn't a dave q/le coq thread?

― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

is this the solo version of b@ngbus?

― America's #1 Shaded Biblical Mini-Golf (deangulberry), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

The music playing on the car radio is a nice touch

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

this is entrapment, man!

― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

they don't have entrapment laws in canada?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

In Canada everyone is assumed to be a criminal first and foremost. That's why the Mounties keep them in line.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

a quick google reveals that canada does have some laws on entrapment, but this doesn't fall under them.
http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?topic=140&country=10&org=0&eu=0

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Do all car thieves in Canada listen to The Verve?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The music is perfect on both clips!!!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i am stealing one of these /tonight... does anyone \know when LCQ's redeye leaves for NYC btw?

― ggx, Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Late, nigga! Call me NOW!

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i just called your hotel room and left a message. Call me call me!

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I half-expected Ricky or Julian from Trailer Park Boys to be in one of these.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

OH MY GOD

FRANZ FERDINAND + "TOTALLY HIT A COP IN THE HEAD WITH A FUCKIN' BOTTLE" = TEARS~!

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

There's something very Canadian there about a car thief who wears his seat belt.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

More people should call gygax "nigga".

― the D Double signal (nordicskilla), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

oh no!! teh cops!!
oh no!!
oh no!!

Are yuo sure that guy isn't actually an ilx0r?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 11 June 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

"AW NAWWWWWWWW
AW NAWWWWWWWWWW
FAAAAAAAAAAWK!
AWWWWWWW NAWWWWWWW FAWWWWWWWWK SAKES!
AWWWWWWWWWW FUCK, GOING TO JAIL. FAWWWKS SAKE, MAN"

["Well I never pray but tonight I'm on my knees yeah"]

― donut e-goon (donut), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

This is a fucking TV show next year.. I bet you a bag of twonies.

― donut e-goon (donut), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

The guys in "The PRayer" are so fucked up. "Let's crash this thing.. Let's burn it"... to the tune of Franz Fucking Ferdinand.

"Dude, where's my death wish and alt rock radio hits?"

― donut e-goon (donut), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

HAHAHAH

["today is the greatest.. day i've ever known!"]

― donut e-goon (donut), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Most car thieves steal cars on a regular basis and aren't joyriding, and, trying to any attention they get from police officers, the last thing any car thief wants to do is attract attention for not wearing a seat belt. This is also the reason why a regular car thief is more likely to follow the speed limit -- unless, of course, they happen to have a police cruiser tailing them, in which case, all respect for traffic law goes out the window.

― Eugene Chan, Sunday, 12 June 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

which also explains why they all tune to the hip alt rock radio stations too. (haha, sorry, I mean Eugene made some very good points obviously, but I couldn't let the music angle of these videos get sidetracked.)

― donut e-goon (donut), Sunday, 12 June 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

we have bait cars in st louis too! It's actually pretty hard to successfully argue entrapment, you have to argue that the police created a situation that made you behave differently than you would normally. The cars aren't left idling on the curb; the thieves still have to hotwire them and all that.

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 12 June 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

http://www.collingwoodcpc.com/web-files/BAIT-program/poster1.jpg

― donut e-goon (donut), Sunday, 12 June 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

http://www.worndoorstep.com/images/LesandBobby.JPG

"Hey there, thought you might want to steal this car! I'll just leave the keys here. Nothing will happen if you take this car. You don't have to bring it back, or anything. Go ahead! <3 Your Aunt Doris"

― donut e-goon (donut), Sunday, 12 June 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

So how many crackhead car thieves have nabbed a sweet pimped ride blasting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or the Arcade Fire until the eventual "OH NOES!" since this program has taken off?

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

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