How long does it take to steal a bicycle?

Thanks to Geoffrey for pointing out the Reuters news agency story about an unusual documentary film experiment in Buenos Aires.

A filmmaker decided to monitor bicycle theft in various neighbourhoods in the capital city. The crew planted decent looking bikes and filmed them, keeping track of the various people who stopped, looked at the bike and eventually, took them. The experiment in each case lasted an hour, or until the filmmaker got tired or his batteries gave out. Surprisingly, perhaps, some high-crime neighbourhoods recorded the longest times, while one bike in a chic shopping area was gone in moments.

Go to the website to view some of the project (some were speeded up to music . . . rather effective) and to learn more about the project and what people had to say about bicycle theft, and what it says about the people who steal bicycles.