If someone has a car stolen, the police immediately circulate it's details and take to the highways in a swarm of investigative efficiency to track it down.
If someone has a bike stolen, it's like yeah whatever bruv, fill out dis form yeah.
Just to play devil's advocate - a stolen car is much more likely to be used in another crime than a stolen bicycle, it may be used for a robbery or joy ridden through residential streets at 70mph. The average car is also worth many mulitples of the average bike, and police typically don't give a fuck about petty theft of low value goods such as bikes, phones, watches etc etc. They know they're near impossible to trace, whereas with ANPR they stand a very good chance of tracking down a stolen car and returning it to the owner.
Don't get me wrong though, I still hate the filth.
Just to play devil's advocate - a stolen car is much more likely to be used in another crime than a stolen bicycle, it may be used for a robbery or joy ridden through residential streets at 70mph. The average car is also worth many mulitples of the average bike, and police typically don't give a fuck about petty theft of low value goods such as bikes, phones, watches etc etc. They know they're near impossible to trace, whereas with ANPR they stand a very good chance of tracking down a stolen car and returning it to the owner.
Don't get me wrong though, I still hate the filth.