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Kim Warehime, a Wichita police lieutenant with the auto theft section, said most children who steal the Kias and Hyundais don’t realize the consequences for them or the effect it has on the victim.
Kia Challenge. The Kia Challenge is a viral TikTok trend to which a series of motor vehicle thefts is attributed, targeting Kia and Hyundai vehicles in the United States manufactured between 2011 and 2021. The trend, which began in October 2022, has led to eight fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Certain Hyundai and Kia models saw a 10-fold increase in thefts in just the past three years, a wildly dramatic increase in the wake of a series of social media posts showing people how to steal ...
The most likely to go. Though Kias and Hyundais were most at risk of being stolen, other vehicles like the Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Ford F150 Series Pickup were also ...
A car with one of its windows broken. Motor vehicle theft or car theft (also known as a grand theft auto in the United States) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle. In 2020, there were 810,400 vehicles reported stolen in the United States, up from 724,872 in 2019. [1] Property losses due to motor vehicle theft ...
Missing soap dispenser at a Texas public school on September 20, 2021, as a result from a "devious lick". A devious lick [a] (also known as a diabolical lick, [4] dastardly lick, or nefarious lick, [5] amongst other names) was a challenge in which North American middle school and high school students posted videos of themselves stealing, vandalizing, or showing off one or more items they stole ...
Cars too ‘easy to steal’? Kia and Hyundai owners file lawsuit after TikTok trend. Police departments are sharing records of how many vehicles are stolen — sometimes as many as 20 in one ...
Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal, a response to a sharp increase in thefts ...