Hello, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
Professor, I am old enough to remember.... I'm an auto mechanic, and I worked at a Chrysler dealer for a long time. I remember when the SKIM code came in on the Jeep Grand Cherokee in 1998. As that SKIM technology came in, we watched a nosedive in vehicle thefts in general. However, with that, over time, we've also lost the column lock. I don't know if people remember this, but you used to have to put the key in the side just to get the steering wheel to turn. Most modern vehicles don't have that anymore. This is more of a hardware rather than a software situation.
Is there any desire from the industry to bring back the column lock or other hardware? There's been a lot of discussion around software, but is there any discussion around hardware pieces to prevent theft?