Installing GPS beacons on a car is not an effective way to prevent car theft nor is it an effective way to find a car that has already been stolen. Andrey Kondrashov, head of the Anti-Theft Copyright Protection Laboratory, told socialbites.ca about this.
“The sign gives a chance to find a car after it has been stolen, but as practice shows, this is a difficult task. There were cases when the owner found hidden marked parts of a car, but the car itself was no longer there,” Kondrashov said.
In his opinion, a stolen car may be on the move, and the coordinates of its location, which the signalman sends once a day, may be unimportant for its owner, who is in another city. Additionally, the vehicle may be in a closed area and can only be entered after a long time with the help of the police.
“The lighthouse is a way to reassure the vehicle owner. As practice shows, once it is stolen, the owner cannot go and get it himself,” Kondrashov concluded.
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