There are several ways for you to prevent your car from being stolen. Most anti theft devices will claim to be superior to all others. However, vehicle security devices are not the only way to protect your car. Auto security systems are one part of the system through which you can prevent theft.
Common sense is by far the best, and most effective method, to deter vehicle theft. The first thing that common sense demands is to make sure that you don’t leave your keys in the car, and don’t attempt to hide the key either. Secondly, always use your door locks, and make sure that you roll up the windows. Finally, make certain that you park your car in a safe place, and one that is well lit. When you make things more difficult for a thief, they are more likely to pass on your vehicle and move to an easier target.
It may not make a big difference which auto security system you select, because any of them will be a good deterrent against thieves trying to steal your car. Don’t worry too much about their makers’ claims. Whichever system that you buy needs to fit your needs and those of your car, and you need to use that system consistently to maximize its effectiveness.
GPS tracking devices can help police locate your vehicle if it has been stolen, and are difficult for thieves to deactivate. For this reason, they can act as deterrent devices, simply because they make it so easy for police to recover your vehicle. To make effective deterrents, just make sure that you use a window sticker or some other means to clearly identify your automobile as being armed with a GPS tracking device.
A subtle way to deter car thieves is etching your car’s VIN number into the glass, which will allow car parts to be tracked if your car is stolen and then broken up into parts for sale. Thieves who see these numbers will decide to try stealing another car instead.
Some vehicles are stolen more often than others. The list of cars that are stolen most often are listed in a number of car magazines. If you are in the market for a new vehicle you may want to consult these magazines before purchasing a car. Whether these vehicles have an auto security system or not they may be targets for thieves.
By: Brad Seabourne
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Auto Security Systems – Deterrent Against Theft
November 5th, 2009GPS Auto Tracker, Keeping Track of Your Vehicles
October 2nd, 2009
A GPS auto tracker system is an electronic device installed within or on a vehicle to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle’s location, speed, direction and disposition. GPS auto tracker systems use Global Positioning System (GPS) modules located within the electronic device for accurate location of the vehicle. Many systems also combine a communications component such as cellular or satellite transmitters to communicate the vehicles location. speed and direction to a remote user. The Gps auto tracker information is then viewed on electronic maps via the Internet or on your computer.
The shipping industry is the largest user of GPS auto tracker systems. Many large shipping companies with large fleets of vehicles needed a vehicle tracking gps system to determine the location of each vehicle was at any given time. GPS auto tracker systems are becoming more common and can be found in consumers vehicles as driver surveilance and performance units as well as vehicle theft and retrieval devices. Police can follow the signal emitted by the tracking system to locate a stolen vehicle. In addition parents can determine if their sons or daughters are driving in a responsible manner. In addition there is also a new line of GPS Auto Tracker systems that are used to keep track of a childs where abouts even if they are out of the vehicle.
GPS auto tracker systems are now using a type of automatic vehicle location (AVL) to allow for easy location of the vehicle. The GPS satellite system was built and is maintained by government and is available at no cost to civilians. This makes vehicle tracking gps technology very inexpensive. Other older AVL systems do not require the antenna to be in direct line of sight with the sky. Older ground based systems such as LORAN and LoJack tracking units use radio frequency (RF) transmitters which will transmit through walls, garages, or buildings. Police vehicles around the world have a form of AVL tracking as standard equipment in their units.
Standard GPS auto tracker systems charge the user a monthly fee for a package that includes the hardware, installation and download or mapping as part of the tracking service. Passive GPS auto tracker units are paid for upon installation and will continue to work for the life of the vehicle. Active GPS auto tracker systems as well as the ground based cell phone and Loran systems provide real time data. A commercial fleet manager may want 5 minute updates, telling whether a vehicle is on route or off, engine status, brake status, container status as well as vehicle speed and direction. Newer smaller and more efficient GPS auto tracker units are becoming available to the consumer market. It will be just a matter of time before every vehicle on the road will have the hardware necessary for GPS Auto Tracker Systems.
By: Jim Kesel
