The Latest In Anti-Theft Technology
While society as a whole has made strides in the battle with car theft, it still occurs at a high rate throughout the United States. The rates of theft have actually gone down in recent years, but it’s still costing victims tons of money. The FBI claims that around $6.4 billion was lost due to auto thefts.
The highest prevalence of auto theft occurs in urban areas. Thieves have a wider selection of cars to choose from in these parts, and can blend in more as opposed to being out in rural areas. However, car owners today have more anti-theft technology available to them than ever before. Not only is this technology better equipped to prevent thefts, but recovery their vehicles should they get victimized.
The latest in anti-theft technology is the use of GPS that will monitor and track your vehicle should it be stolen. This makes it much easier for the authorities to locate and recover stolen vehicles. And in the event that the thief cuts the battery cable, information can still be gathered from the system.
OnStar by GM has made some advances in the recovery process. They offer a vehicle slowdown service that includes the use of GPS. Not only does this system find the vehicle’s location, but can even slow it down. It starts with the owner reporting the theft to the police. OnStar is the contacted by the police to get the location of the stolen car.
When they are closing in on the stolen car, OnStar can debilitate the accelerator to eventually stop it. Also, should the car be turned off, OnStar can prevent it from starting again by blocking the ignition.
LoJack has a system that reportedly has a 90% success rate for stolen vehicle recovery. They install radio transceivers into the vehicle as well as motion detectors. Should the car be moved while activated, an alert will be sent to the owner via text, email, or phone. Because the owner is notified immediately, it can save a lot of time. The police will then be contacted quicker and begin searching as soon as possible. Law enforcement in over half the states have LoJack tracking computers in their vehicles.
While this whole operation more often than not will probably be successful, professional thieves are beginning to catch on. Because there is lag time from the theft being reported to the police actually searching for it, thieves have plenty of time to disable the system. Some will even try to escape GPS by parking it in an underground garage.
However, this latest technology still is recommended as many believe it’s one of the reasons why car thefts have dropped recently.
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admin on September 29th 2011 in Mobile Audio Video