Naples: Car Theft

In Naples, everyone had these devices on the steering wheels of their cars as well as another device that immobilized the pedals. As you can see, the car in this photo is hardly top of the line. So why go through all the trouble to protect such an old car? My guess is that many of the parts of the car are valuable since this car is quite old and hasn't been produced for quite some time.

I guess you can't take any chances...

My friends asked me if I had such a device for my car back in the United States...I don't live in an area that probably would need it. And after seeing how complicated it was to attach the device to the steering wheel...such a contraption probably isn't for me. :)