I'm afraid that if I am out of the country, a robber will break into my house, find my car keys and steal my car (after first putting all my valuables in the car). Consequently I always take my car keys with me when I travel. Irrational? Maybe not, since that exact thing happened. He smashed up my car too.
I feel like if your keys hadn't been there, they would have hot-wired your car instead. I in for a penny, in for a pound, right?
I'm not that irrational. As for hot-wiring the car as coffeesp00ns suggests -- yes, maybe (can you hotwire a Prius?) -- and if they want to work that hard, fine. I just don't want to make it easy for them.
I found a discussion page on this question: http://priuschat.com/threads/hot-wiring-a-prius.3353/In a nutshell - the only way this car is leaving without you is if it's towed or if someone steals your key (or if a dealer/mechanic secretly programs an additional key while working on yours).
Prii are cool but I can't stand to drive them really and the 2006 model had terrible noise canceling on the highway. Took one around Yellowstone Nat'l Park where there aren't many gas stations and it was incredibly helpful, though. I'd like to try a new one sometime.