Theft Proof Your Car

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Theft Proof Your Car:

Cars are easy targets for a thief and pretty much any vehicle can be stolen or broken into. If you can get into it the thief can too so bar superglueing the doors and cover the car in 12 layers of duct tape you are unlikely to ever 100% theft proof any vehicle. Of course you can seriously deter and protect your vehicle with after-theft devices too.

Ok, so how do you best Theft Proof Your Car? This cool info-graphic may be exactly what you need to be considering. We wrote more about how to Prevent Your Car From Being Stolen, so check out that article and the graphic below keep your car safe!

Theft Proof Your Car

Source: http://homesecurity.net/research/theft-proof-car/

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The Ultimate Theft-Proof Car

The Best Automobile Anti-Theft Devices

1. Radio-Frequency Transmitter System

• A small Radio-Frequency transceiver that is hidden in the vehicle
• When the vehicle theft is reported to the police, the unit is automatically activate
• It causes silent radio signals to be emitted from the transceiver
• Police are able to follow the signal and recover the vehicle

2. SID (Secure ID Device)

• Uses biometric fingerprint technology for car security
• Only registered fingerprints from owners are able to start the car

3. GPS Tracking System

• Ability for owner to know the precise location of the vehicle at all times
• Using a cell phone and tracker hidden on the vehicle owner and police can visualise on a map

4. GSM Car Alarm (Global System for Mobile Communications)

• Using a SIM card the vehicle’s owner is notified on a designated phone by the car itself, when it is broken into
• The owner is then given the ability to communicate through speaker to the thief
• The owner then has the ability to tell the thief that they will cut off the fuel supply and actually do just that

5. Ultrasonic Interior Monitoring System

• Detects movement inside the car after the car is locked

6. Keyless Alarm

• Remote keyless entry
• Remote starter
• Takes away the need for metal keys for unlocking and ignition

7. Passive Immobilizer

• Prevents a vehicle from being started without coded key or transponder
• Theif cannot hot wire start the vehicle

Every 26 seconds a vehicle is stolen in the U.S.

In 2009, one million vehicles were stolen in the U.S.

The stolen motor vehicle industry in the US is worth $7.5 billion each year.

With the use of Radio-Frequency transmitters 90% of stolen cars have been recovered (250,000 total vehicles recovered worldwide)

Using GPS and Radio Frequency Tracking the average time to track down and return a car to its owner is 24 hours

Number of Cars Stolen in the U.S.

Chart summarised
1997 – approx 1400,000
2007 – approx (just under) 1200,000

Ten Most Stolen Vehicles in the U.S.

1. 1995 – Honda Civic
2. 1991 – Honda Accord
3. 1989 – Toyota Camry
4. 1997 – Ford F-150
5. 1994 – Chevrolet C/K 1500
6. 1994 – Accura Intergra
7. 2004 – Dodge Ram Pickup
8. 1994 – Nissan Sentra
9. 1988 – Toyota Pickup
10. 2007 – Toyota Corolla

Sources:
National Insurance Crime Bureau

http://justbiometrica.com

http://lojack.com

http://auto-theft.info

http://www.editorial.autos.man.cim

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Tags: anti-theft devices, breaking in to cars, car theft