XPost: alt.autos.toyota   
   From: garyconditswellhungrelative@yahooDOT.com   
      
   briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) wrote on Wed 07 Aug 2013 11:54:31a   
      
   > In article ,   
   > SMH   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>It's been a while since I bought a new car in the United States (late   
   >>1980s, I am guessing), so perhaps things have changed.   
   >>   
   >>I just got a 2013 Toyota Corolla L and know that I need certain things:   
   >>     [...]   
   >>* Security against auto theft   
   >>  I was asking someone what they did for protecting the car against   
   >>  theft in Miami, and they said "insurance."  In other words, they said   
   >>  there is nothing that can be done to stop a thief.  "Once they get   
   >>  your car, it will be dismantled for parts before you can report the   
   >>  theft after directly witnessing it."  Opinions?   
   >   
   > Many people opt for a car alarm.  Before you do, ask yourself what YOU   
   > do when you hear a car alarm going off.  Run towards the sound yelling   
   > "stop thief" or feel annoyed and ignore it?   
      
   No, I wasn't thinking some much about a bleating or even distinctive alarm,   
   real or fake.  I am fully aware that people are probably pleased that such a   
   car is in fact stolen.   
      
   One would be a visible deterrent, like a lock (steering wheel or other).   
      
   Another would be the future (or present?) of personal notification that   
   someone is tampering with a vehicle.  Consider that WiMAX is supposed to   
   connect our devices (laptop, whatever) to a network pretty much anywhere   
   (the everywhere access point).  Imagine a device with WiMax connection in   
   the car in a hidden location, and with its own power system (no wires   
   leading to its location traceable by the thief).  The device transmits GPS   
   coordinates every 120 seconds to a smartphone.  That smartphone runs an app   
   that brings an instant notification if the car's position is changed by more   
   than 50 meters.  A better device would inform the smartphone if the car's   
   status is being altered before a thief has a chance to start it and run off   
   (door opened, lock position changed, roll motion detected as if someone is   
   sitting in the car).   
      
   It seems to me that custom installation riggings or do-it-yourself kits   
   could start giving more trouble to the thieves rather than the owner, and   
   not be prohibitively costly.   
      
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