WTF ?? I'm with lingeringsoul on this one. I also think it would be a better thing if they were dead. Thieves are scum. There's nothing more to it than that. Scum ! Considering that these idiots will soak up tax payers $'s while in hospital, and then through the whole trial and conviction period, and then probably get out after 12 months of soft time and re-offend anyway, it would be better for the community ( and planet for that matter ) if they "were" dead.
Consider this. These scum stole someone's pride and joy. A car that someone "worked hard" to get and modify to make their own. They then used this car to commit crimes ( at least one that we know about ) and then drove that car at stupid speeds and in an unsafe manor, endagering other lives around them in an attempt to get away from the cops. Imagine if they collected one of "your" family members while trying to get away and condemed them to a bed or wheel chair for the rest of their life or killed them. Really, think about it. It was just pure luck that these scum didn't kill someone while trying to get away.
My point is, if these dickheads never took the step to becoming a criminal in the first place, it would be a better world, and considering the pathetic ineffectiveness of our laws and the amount of blind tolerance "do-gooders" have for criminals, it would have served the world in a much better way if they were dead IMO.