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>What is to stop someone stealing drones? Or plain vandalism of them?

Cameras on drones and laws. Stealing a motorbike is relativelly simple, and it doesn't happen that often.

Eventually the cops will start using drones, and the rest has already been told by South Park.

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Haha I remember that southpark episode. I think relying on cameras and law to stop vandalism and theft is a little naive though. Perhaps you've never owned a motorbike but being an owner of one I can tell you it happens much more often than you'd think. If there's money to be made or 'fun' to be had there's a low life doing or considering how to do it.

Also, motorbikes may not be stolen that often, but plain bikes are. No camera and no law helps here, because it's treated as a low-public-harm crime and the police doesn't even really bother fighting it. One could argue that stealing drone pizza deliveries could end up like that, at least initially.

Considering that this might be due to needing a key to start the motorbike, makes me wonder why there aren't 'bike locks' that stop the pedals / wheels /handlebars from turning at all without a key.

I guess someone could literally carry it away though, which is a separate issue.

That's what usually happens. They saw off the lock, and if for some reason they can't (too strong, too much effort, not enough time, etc.) they sometimes just unscrew the locked wheel and take the rest. That's why where I live, locking a bike by its wheel is considered a very bad idea.

That's going to be one seriously dedicated pizza thief. Anyone dumb enough to go near an armed drone big enough to lift a pizza is going to end up in the emergency room.

Throw a rock at it, collect the pizza. Drones are very fragile.

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