02-08-2018, 01:21 AM
Just a guess here.
I think that many of the abandoned vehicles were actually stolen and then abandoned by the thieves. If it was an older car in which the owner only had liability insurance, they may not have even bothered to report it as stolen, knowing that it was simply a waste of time. Most of these abandoned vehicles also seem to be chopped/burned, etc.
So in your idea of a $400 charge, it seems to reason that it will simply have more cars reported stolen to get the owner "off the hook" (pun intended). "It was stolen, I don't want it back after you found it burned."
I think that many of the abandoned vehicles were actually stolen and then abandoned by the thieves. If it was an older car in which the owner only had liability insurance, they may not have even bothered to report it as stolen, knowing that it was simply a waste of time. Most of these abandoned vehicles also seem to be chopped/burned, etc.
So in your idea of a $400 charge, it seems to reason that it will simply have more cars reported stolen to get the owner "off the hook" (pun intended). "It was stolen, I don't want it back after you found it burned."