What about 10 REALLY LOUD sirens wired up INSIDE the vehicle.  Make it so
uncomfortable that the thief doesn't want to stick around?
Ron

"Sean H. Breheny" wrote:

> LOL! Well, first of all, it wouldn't be difficult to prevent it from
> accidentally going off (how often in normal driving does the weight get
> lifted from all four wheels for more than a second?) and you could also
> have the connection between the cable and the car frame use a secure lock
> which you had the key for (so YOU could disconnect it from the car, but the
> thieves couldn't).
>
> Sean
>
> At 10:15 PM 10/24/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >Could you imagine what it'd be like if that accidentally went off! you'd
> >never get the car home.
> >
> >Mark Craig
> >m.craig@ntlworld.com
> >Glasgow
> >Scotland
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Sean H. Breheny <shb7@CORNELL.EDU>
> > > This may be taking things a bit far for what is only a remote risk, but
> > > what about a countermeasure which would detect when a car was being lifted
> > > and would release a hub with long, telescoping, hardened steel rods. This
> > > hub could be connected to the frame of the car with a steel cable. In
> >other
> > > words, when the thieves (literally, no pun intended)  lifted your car, it
> > > would release this thing which would be spring loaded and would extend
> >rods
> > > which were, from one rod tip to the opposite rod tip, perhaps 8 feet long.
> > > In order to still be able to take your car on their flatbed, they would
> > > have to spend precious time trying to cut this thing free from it or
> > > bend/dismantle it in some way, otherwise they would be dragging it behind
> > > as they drove away (it would be too wide to neatly fit on the back of the
> > > flatbed).
> > >
> > > Sean
> >
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