Fucking rent a car!
That's another option. It's like the dude wanted to be caught. I know that the fondelgrabben people are going to look at everything I bring (and they always ask questions when I'm going on a trip and have a bag full of weird electronics.) So...I feel for the guy but I'm also "Dude, you suck, and that's sad."
It's like why would you give people to opportunity to rob you.... the more people look, the more they have a chance to take what's yours.
Sometimes you just have to play by the rules, and he didn't.