Kansas City Arctic Winter Car Crime Spikes

The cold doesn't stop this town's criminal class. Across the metro thieves are preying upon locals distractic by arctic temperatures.

For instance . . .

There have already been 16 car thefts in Prairie Village this winter season associated with car warm-ups. Prairie Village and other cities like Kansas City, Independence, Overland Park and Shawnee all have ordinances against leaving your car running and unlocked while you're not near it.

Read more as car trouble fear domintes the minds of locals over the bitter chill of this weekend:

The car conundrum: Drive cold, or warm it up and risk theft?

KANSAS CITY METRO (KCTV) -- Police are warning people again---even on the chilliest of mornings---not to leave their cars unlocked and running to warm it up. But why does it keep happening? With temperatures so low, waiting for a car to warm up while toasty and warm inside their home may seem worth the risk for some.

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  1. Prairie Village is a car thief's heaven. Great choices of models, all upper end cars and the soccer moms hate a cold car so they leave them running everywhere all the time unattended. 2-4 minutes later thief is on the Missouri side where they could care less if some snob in Prairie Village had their car stolen.

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  2. ^^Goddamn Matlock, you're on the case!!!

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  3. People shouldn't have to drive cold and your madman mayor isn't going to do a thing abut it. Things are going to blow up soon. People aren't going to take this praising thieves and killers much longer.

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  4. Why is the lady taking her jeans off in the KCTV 5 picture.

    Maybe if she kept her britches on she would stay warmer.

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  5. I warm min up with a 9mm trained on the driver's door until I go back out to leave. Sure it's baiting the wildlife but I'll get one very soon!

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  6. ^^Monkey season is open LOL!

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  7. Baiting is fine, bag limit of 2 per day.

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  8. I don't risk theft or fine because I have remote start with alarm and special ignition disable and fuel cut off. Nice and toasty every morning.

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  9. ^^Oh Boy!!! Good for you Maude! Too bad nobody wants to steal your 73 Pacer.

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  10. It's stupid. We're not living in Alaska. Your car will warm up after 10 minutes of driving. No need to risk theft by having it running in your driveway.

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  11. As a mechanic, I love people who start and drive their vehicles cold. They are call doing that a hard start. It is much harder on the engine and transmission and causes them to wear quicker. I love it when people don't take care of their vehicles!

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  12. do ya have more than 1 car key? Leave car running, lock door and open it with another key.

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  13. kansas city has always had really bad news stories. Tomorrow's editorial is on how the sun helps create the state's best driving conditions in KC.

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  14. Sunday's editorial: Does your dog need a colonoscopy from eating too many socks and tampons? KC has got you covered....

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