Proposal Argument

• There is a problem on UF campus with bike and motorcycle theft and I think that this problem needs to come to an end. Many students lack the transportation of cars so therefore they bring bikes and mopeds to get around this HUGE campus. However, these items are being stolen constantly and many students are affected by this issue.
• A practical/policy solution would be that every student needs to check-in their bike with the police station and get it registered. Then if your bike is register the police should put a tracking device on your bike. This solution will help with bike theft because each bike will be able to be traced and found at anytime of the day. If someone were to take a bike the police could be able to track the stolen vehicle down and found out who stole it.
• A research solution could be carried out by doing research on what time of day the bikes get stolen. They could figure out the time the thieves are taking the vehicles and could step up their security at that time of day. This solution would catch the robbers in the act of stealing and scare them away. Also, another research solution is figure out if there are indestructible locks and require these locks to be placed on bikes. To figure this out you will need to do research on what bike lock is the best for bikes then just make that a requirement to have a bike or motorcycle.
• A media solution would not benefit this problem and would be an ineffective solution to the problem of bike theft. The solution to the problem needs to go through the police department but the media solution can still be done. For example, you can make advertisement on billboards and throughout campus about bike theft. However, I think that most people will ignore these signs until something actually happens to them.