Is a car really considered "broken into" if it is unlocked?
Chalk up the money taken as tuition to the School of Hard Knocks.
In this economy, if you don't want it stolen...lock it up. We're no longer the Mayberry RFD you've come to know and love over the past few years.
Yes, because the person is trespassing on your property. Of course, technically it's probably not "breaking" in. If you leave your house unlocked and someone comes in and steals something, are they innocent?
Reminds me of a student of mine who was just messing around on the Internet. He happened upon a Department of Defense website that had no password and looked at it. The FBI visited the dean's office. He was questioned at length and got in a lot of trouble. His argument was that it wasn't his fault that the site had no security. He lost that argument.
We frequently forget to lock the car (old codgers) -- not the house because I am very OCD about that. Once hubby left the car unlocked at Borago. He used to keep his gas credit cards in the console. When we got ready to get gas when leaving town, the credit cards were gone. Then he noticed that his nice sunglasses were gone. Now he doesn't keep credit cards in the car.
We're getting better about locking the car although sometimes I accidentally leave mine unlocked because I'll press lock on his opener instead of mine.
Even more embarrassing, several times I have been so tired when arriving at work that I've tried to use the remote opener for my car to unlock my office door.