--0__=80256AF00050188B8f9e8a93df938690918c80256AF00050188B Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, There might be a legal issue on this one........if someone steals your car then it cuts out causing a major accident (maybe resulting in death), you will probably get someone trying to sue you for it.......daft though it sounds. Would a better solution to be have the car start but run like a dog (maybe by interfering with the electronic pickup for the ignition causing misfiring) thus making it pretty obvious to the thief that they would get nowhere fast? If I leave my car in a dodgy place, I usually swap over a couple of plug leads (not many thiefs can memorise the firing order then be bothered to correct it); even if it did start it would run like a pig. Dan (Embedded Steve Nordhauser @MITVMA.MIT.EDU> image moved 25/10/2001 14:42 to file: pic24726.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Practical car theft schemes Security Level:? Internal One of the most practical things someone mentioned in this thread was to enable the car for a minute or two and then kill it. It will allow the thief enough time to get the car into a public place (like a highway) before killing the engine. No one will take the time to pull the radio or vandalize it in the middle of an intersection. You will get an occasional call from the police to come pick up your car. -- Steve Nordhauser Director of New Product Development Imaging Systems IEM Corp. 60 Fourth Ave. Albany, NY 12202-1924 digital@nycap.rr.com http://www.iem.net Phone: (518) 449-5504x21 Fax: (518) 449-5567 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics --0__=80256AF00050188B8f9e8a93df938690918c80256AF00050188B Content-type: application/octet-stream; name="pic24726.pcx" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pic24726.pcx" Content-transfer-encoding: base64 CgUBCAAAAABBADEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAABQgABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA= --0__=80256AF00050188B8f9e8a93df938690918c80256AF00050188B-- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics