Interesting Video About Vehicle Theft, Traditional Solutions & A New Solution

This is a 4 minute video with current information about auto theft with a comparison of traditional security devices & a new solution.  Its worth a gander if you are just learning about theft, looking for something for your car, or if you are currently an installer with tired hands and a sore back.
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New Direction

We have taken a little siesta from blogging for the past few months, but we’re back.  
Up on the top of the page you will see a few new tabs.  
We want you to tell us about your experiences with vehicle theft.  
We want to help with any alarm troubles that may be plaguing  you or haunting [...]

Thieves find easy way around factory security.

We’ve been trying to tell people about this for years and now a story breaks in Albuquerque from NBC4 KOB-TV.  Every day thousands of consumers hit the streets for their local car dealership to buy that new car.  Dealerships very often have other aftermatket options for all kinds of drivers.  Options for pre-paid vehicle maintenance, [...]

Shaved Keys Pose Vehicle Theft Risk (reported by CBS News 8 San Diego, CA)

This article came across our feed from the local CBS news channel in San Diego.  Although the statistics are local, the risk factor applies nationwide.  Shaved keys are an easy way to steal cars.  They are also easy to defend against with a vehicle immobilizer.  Check out the article:
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How To Protect Your Car From “Shaved [...]

Extreme Lengths For A Buck

Just today our news feed sent us a message about auto theft as it relates to auto salvage yards.  An article in the Polk County Democrat (Florida) describes how an investigation into stolen and unrecovered vehicles led authorities to salvage yards. In Bartow, FL 3%-4% of 800 vehicles inspected have turned up stolen.  Most vehicles [...]

Crime in urban areas: Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Auto Theft Statistics
• 1 car is stolen every 9.48 seconds in Arizona
• Nationally, 1 car is stolen every 25.5 seconds
• Maricopa County reported 54,849 cars were reported stolen in 2006
• Greater Phoenix reported 39,535 cars stolen in 2006 and 34,182 in 2007
• Tuscon reported 8,508 cares stolen in 2006 and 7,781 in 2007
• AZ [...]

Uber Alarm

This is a great clip and we have no idea where it came from; just that it landed in our inbox a couple of days ago. Enjoy. It is a great laugh.

Sometimes companies get caught up over engineering and over thinking solutions to a problem when there is a [...]

Block & Track

An electronics wizard has invented a new vehicle security device called “Block & Track”. What’s amazing is that Morris Mbetsa is only 18, and taught himself about electronics.   The device uses a cell phone to send codes to allow or disable the vehicle’s ignition and track it.
The Kenya Television Network carried this story about him.