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Protect Your Car With a Tracker

July 27, 2007 by Fraser 36 Comments

Outsmart the Car Thieves with a Car Tracking Device

So you can’t take your eyes off her!
Her curvy features never cease to fascinate you!
Her silky body and lustrous colors make you spell bound every time you behold her!
Oh, don’t take it the wrong way! We don’t mean your girlfriend! We are only talking about the latest toy in your garage!

Being obsessed with your new car is all right, but you can not forget the safety factor. When it comes to ensuring the maximum safety of your car, take the help of the very latest technologies and install a tracking device in your car.

Vehicle security technology has gone far beyond a selection of auto alarms. While they are good at providing safety for your car they are not foolproof; the smart car thieves can run away with your car under your nose by cracking even the most sophisticated security systems. Even before the police can reach out to the thief, various parts of your car may already have been shipped to countries like India and China where the parts will be melted separately as junk metals.

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What a terrible fate for your pretty car, isn’t it? It gives you shiver at the very thought of it, doesn’t it? Cheer up…there is a way to ensure a safe future for the apple of your eye! A car tracking device can help you reunite with your darling even after it has been stolen.

So what is a car tracking device?

Other car security systems provide you with an anti theft solution but if your car is stolen in spite of that, then the tracking device takes centre stage and helps the police track and recover your car. Thus it provides the ultimate part of your anti-theft measures.

Learn beforehand about the monetary involvement

Just like your monetary obligation doesn’t end with buying the mobile handset, in the same way buying the tracking product is only the first step. You have to pay a monthly service fee to keep the tracking service.

You have mainly two options when you have a tight budget

1. The most popular tracking device in UK is called Tracker that neither employs GPS nor charges a monthly fee. Depending on two devices – a transponder and a receiver—this device is activated after you inform the police about the theft.

2. Option two relates to midrange systems, such as the Teletracer which also does not use the GPS, but transmits a signal ultimately received by a central monitoring station. You have to pay a monthly fee for Teletracer.

GPS tracking system – a little more investment but lot more safety

With a GPS (Global Positioning System) car tracking system, a car can be tracked on a computer map at a central monitoring station. Some of the systems come with the feature of verbal communication with the operator at the central station. This feature comes to great help particularly in the instances of car jacking.

The higher end car tracking services act on a proactive basis if the operators find the vehicle running at an odd hour through an odd place, they will contact the owner by phone to confirm that the owner of the vehicle is aware of its whereabouts. Otherwise the police are informed immediately.

With a rather high product price and monthly rental service charges, car trackers are no doubt expensive. But remember, they are among the most effective security systems available today.

So don’t compromise security for money. After all your insurer may well offer up to 10% off the premium if they know your vehicle has a tracking device.

Filed Under: Car Alarms, Safety & Security

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Comments

  1. Alison York says

    August 8, 2007 at 12:15 pm

    You don’t have to have a GPS tracker installed, you could wear one or just drop one in the boot for the journey. Blue Tree Services (click my name to get to the website) provides a personal GPS tracker. It’s wearable, so it’s not limited to in-car use.

  2. gps tracking for cars is bad says

    February 28, 2008 at 1:44 am

    GPS tracking is daft if you value your car as low power gps jammers are available online for as little as 50 quid. so if u fit GPS tracker to your car and it gets nicked, chances are it wont ever appear on a map anywhere ever again if the theif has one of these with them. and trust me they dont carry tennis balls and screwdrives any more its more like laptops pda’s jammers and cs gas.

  3. mary elson says

    October 13, 2008 at 6:18 am

    I assume these devices are similar to those the police use to discover where a vehicle is stopping etc. But presumably before fitting such a device to a vehicle of an unsuspecting owner the police have to have this passed by the surveillance commissioner otherwise it would be illegal and any information they discovered about say which phones the driver stopped at, would be useless to them, especially useless if the phone user anyway was perfectly open about their phone calls.

  4. AKINDEJI AJAYI says

    December 26, 2008 at 5:04 am

    I WISH TO MAKE AN ENQUIRY IF A CAR TRACKING DEVICE IS AVAILABLE ,TO BE USED INTERNATIONALLY, IN A COUNTRY SUCH AS NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.
    IF IT IS AVAILABLE,I AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ONE.PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE COST DETAILS.

  5. james says

    January 10, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    what in gods name is ”mary elison” talking about? what planet is she on? please, help me understand this pointless drivel?

    its a good idea, one i will be doing. i have a 20k volt dump capacitor rigged to the door handles when the alarm is on thou so good luck to anyone able to drive after that hits them lolololololol

  6. Mr Butterscotch says

    January 11, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    Hi James,

    Isn’t it in South Africa (I think) where you can use rather more proactive methods of protecting your car? I’m sure I saw something about a vehicle retro-fitted with a flame thrower type device? 🙂

    I’m sure that a 20k volt dump capacitor would work just as well, as long as one doesn’t forget that it is there…

  7. Muhammad Adnan says

    February 4, 2009 at 6:36 am

    plz send the information about the working Accessoreis work in the traking system .or imformation about price as per condition . thanks

  8. BillyBob says

    May 4, 2009 at 10:08 am

    Just so you know, wiring your car exterior to any voltage is illegal, and you could prog get more busted than any car thief ever would. The scenarios being what if an OAP was going to fall and reached out for the door handle, what if they had a pacemaker, etc.
    Or what if it was a little kid brushing past it?

    I Heard that someone did indeed get busted for doing just that and an innocent getting hurt by it.

  9. Mr Butterscotch says

    May 6, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Hi BillyBob,

    I’m pretty sure that James was joking – we at Car Articles don’t condone any sort of illegal aftermarket modifications, to the engine, security system or anything else of your car!

  10. james says

    May 19, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    pls is there a powerful car tracker u can recommend for me to used in westafrica..i mean those that are not vulnerable to gps jammers

  11. Mr Butterscotch says

    May 20, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    Hi James,

    I’m not sure there’s anything on the market that will get around that, but I can’t imagine it’s much of a problem in the UK. Try your specialist dealerships and see if they offer anything.

  12. david says

    May 21, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    Just dont use the company TRACKER as they are low life scum. my car has been stolen and on the day of it being stolen going through al my documents i find inside the owners manual a small sticker saying your car is fitted with a tracker.
    I phoned them and asked how do i activate it, they said we just take your name card details reg number and press a button, then they tell me we know where your car is but because you have owned your car for more than 2 months were not going to activate it.

    the police spoke to them and they told the police the same information and that if they wanted to find the car they could and it dont cost nothing but they are refussing to aid in the help of finding a carfitted with a tracker and refussing to aid the police in there investigation even though the police believe if they find this car stolen to order they will find many others.

    Tracker are still refussing to help any just refunding my money they took off my card.

  13. tony says

    June 15, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    david, i’m looking at using tracker, wat do u mean if u have owned the vehicle more than 2 months they will not activate it, i think most ppl have owned their car more than 2 months!!
    dont make sense

  14. akram says

    August 11, 2009 at 3:17 am

    hi
    I need GPS tacking system to be installed on my truck and can work in west Africa (Ghana,Togo,burkina faso ),that let me know the position of my truck every minute .
    can you suggest any product that can works in Africa?

  15. Mr Butterscotch says

    August 20, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Hi Akram,

    I’d suggest you check with a local supplier, as Africa is a little bit out of my neck of the woods as it were.

  16. lorraine andrew says

    October 18, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    looking for more information on purchasing a tracker

  17. Top Dog says

    October 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    My car is fitted with a tracker, but i was never told about this by the finance company…only to discover from the consumer forums that this company fits trackers to their cars so the bailiffs will know where it is.. My question is ..Is it legal.. for this company to track all my movements wihout my consent.. suppose if they told me that this was for security? I am a bit worried as to this company’s intentions… Any one out with legal knowledge!!

  18. james says

    October 30, 2009 at 8:20 am

    i went for a gps/gprs tracker from ebay @£100.

    its great and has not let me down yet. you text it and it tells you where it is. you call it and you can listen to whats going on.

    it has a host of features.

    no good if its indoors but it will tell you where the door is with last known possition so its worth it.

  19. james says

    October 30, 2009 at 8:22 am

    get the in car charger and hide it under your dash.

  20. owen says

    November 19, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    i love gprs

  21. Mick says

    December 29, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    I bought a Sentinel Gps tracker from http://www.trackershop-uk.com its got magnets so I just stick it under the car when I need to use it. When I want to know where it is I just phone it and it texts back its location, that’s the only cost the price of a text message. Apparently it works across the world.

  22. David says

    February 27, 2010 at 9:00 am

    Hi Mick,
    Thanks for your tip about the Sentinel. I have put one on my quad bike because the local police said a lot of quads are getting nicked. It can be programmed to phone my mobile if it moves.

  23. Jason says

    May 26, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    I used this company and found their apporach to my needs very helpful, I pay £4.99 per month for UK coverage but I know they had a Global cost of £6.99 per month as well.

    The trackers are very small so hard to detect by a theif.

  24. Kev Jackson says

    June 18, 2010 at 10:54 am

    We are Defender Direct Ltd, and offer a tracking solution which is far superior to any others on the market today.
    Our system is an “Always-Alert” system, so unlike other products, you do not have to activate it when the car has been stolen. Once armed, we inform you if the car moves! Then in conjunction with the police, we use our unique “EngineSTOP” function that deactivates the engine as soon as the car goes under 10 miles per hour. So no harsh stingers, we simply deactivate the engine. No other system can deactivate a moving vehicle.
    We have a 100% stop & recovery rate, and in 94% of cases, the Police are sat behind the car when it is stopped. So the thieves are arrested as well. If you value your car, its worth doing.
    Contact me on 07500 136455 for more details.

  25. Andy says

    June 29, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    Wrong Kev Jackson – You can buy GPS trackers from china that have GPRS and SMS notification, alarm loop inputs and several switched outputs, vibration sensors, microphone input, geo fencing/alert, movement alert, speed parameter alert etc etc for £75 A spotty teenager can wire the outputs via supplied relay to disable an ignition (which you can activate via SMS) There is no subscription and yes they are built well and work.
    Its high time someone in the UK government puts an entire halt to the barage of low cost gear coming in from the land on employment abuse but untill then you probably won’t but should be out of business because you can’t compete with a bowl of rice a week labour.
    See you at the job centre !!

  26. Kev Jackson says

    June 30, 2010 at 10:45 am

    I agree Andy – to be honest you can buy pretty much anything from China and the like, but thats not the service that we are offering. I accept that the spotty teenager could fit something like this made up of bits bought via the internet, but what we offer a guaranteed supply & fit of a quality italian made tracker that is fitted to quality cars, and monitored by our call centre in York, 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year. We guarantee our product for a full 5 years, and have agreement from the UK Police Federation around the procedures for stopping a vehicle – its dangerous and illegal to fit something that can stop a vehicle at over 10 miles an hour. I wouldn’t want to have my car engine immobilised when it was doing 70 (ish!) miles an hour!
    Look at the major players in this market – Tracker, i-mob, cobratrak5, etc and you’ll see that none of them do engine de-activation, only us.
    Our market is based around the ‘non-spotty teenagers’ in hot hatches, and more around the BMW, Mercedes, Lexus drivers who wish to protect their outlay on a prestigious car. Based on the numbers we are doing at the minute, its unlikely I’ll be down the jobcentre, and I hope that you won’t be too!!!

  27. Scott Murie says

    July 4, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    Kev Jackson – I live 10 Miles from York and I’m looking to fit a tracker to my Range Rover Vogue SE for insurance purposes. I see you monitor your devices from York and was wondering if you have a fitting centre there or a mobile fitting facilitiy. What is the price range for your device?
    Cheers Scott

  28. tee are says

    July 18, 2010 at 2:01 am

    i’m looking at using tracker, wat do u mean if u have owned the vehicle more than 2 months they will not activate it,

  29. Kev Jackson says

    July 19, 2010 at 10:19 am

    Scott,

    Check out the defenderdirect website at http://www.defenderdirect.co.uk

    Kev

  30. Dave B says

    August 9, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    My company is doing this too (wankers).
    Have a look at this website
    http://www.uktelematicsonline.co.uk/html/employee_rights_and_vehicle_tr.html

    My take on this is they can’t monitor you private mileage without you giving your consent. I have no intention of doing this!

    I’d be interested to hear other peoples thoughts on this

    DB

  31. Craig says

    November 10, 2010 at 8:41 am

    Hi,
    I am really pleased to see that several of you have mentioned on this forum that you have been using the Sentinel GPS Tracker from my company for vehicle tracking in case of theft.
    I just wanted to let you know that we have updated the Sentinel to the Sentinel II which will download to your mobile phone a colour map WAP link showing its location.

    Full details are on this link http://www.trackershop-uk.com/-p-65.html?osCsid=n5di93fo77t1uqik8eks4tbou7

    Craig

  32. robin says

    November 24, 2010 at 5:22 am

    it seems for 30quid you can buy an anti-tracker to plug in to your cigar lighter which disables any gps tracker

    available on ebay from several sources

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTI-GPS-TRACKER-/250731328728?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item3a60c074d8

    looks like this is a non starter for a professional thief

  33. PL says

    May 21, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    Trackers can be harmful to your health

  34. Joe says

    July 29, 2011 at 6:43 am

    If you’re considering having a Tracker installed and live in the East Midlands give these guys a call

    (URL REMOVED BY EDITOR – Please don’t pretend to be a customer of your own company)

    My insurance company insisted on me having a Thatcham approved tracker fitted to my new car and Top Marques Vehicle Security in Nottingham were really helpful.

  35. Tayler Corkett says

    October 16, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    I am 1 of those spotty teenagers that worked for a hire car company fitting GPS trackers which we buy from a small british company. we can monitor them 24/7 365 days a year. and now im unemployed and need a job any1 got any vacancies

  36. Victoria from Verilocation says

    June 7, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    Great article. GPS is really useful

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