Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely Speeding off in a stolen car.the thief thinks he has got a great catch.But he is in a nasty surprise.The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer(使车辆不能调动的装置), and a radio signal from a control center miles away will en—sure that onee the thief switches the engine____(1), he will not be able to start it again.
; B& z' l9 [& J7 ` For now, such devices____(2) only available for fleets of trucks and specialist vehicles used on construction sites.But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars.and____(3) be avail—able to ordinary cars in the UK____(4) two months.
" U6 h) t: A" U, v6 ]2 E The idea goes like this.A control box fitted to the ear incorporates____(5) miniature cellphone, a micropro—cessor and.memory,and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. ____(6) the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicle's engine management system and prevent the engine____(7) restarted.# R6 a9 b! `3 S% P+ D% X- [
There are even Dlans for immobilizers____(8) shut down vehicles on the move, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.
3 I- T# y5 [ f In the UK, an array of technical fixes is already making____(9) harder for car thieves. "The pattern of vehi—cles crime has ehanged," says Martyn Randall of Thatcham.a security research organization based in Berkshire that is funded in part____(10) the motor insurance industry." K2 l2 h |2 E
He says it would only take him a few minutes to____(11) a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools.But only if the cal一is more than lo years old.
4 Z6 m" T9 f! G4 W1 q% y9 O( [/ i Modem cars are a far tougher proposation, as their engine management, computer will not____(12) them to start unless thev receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key.In the UK, technologies like this____(13)a—chieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle—related crime since l997.
9 P2 F5 k/ E9 Q" H3 U" k1 t7 j6 b But deteIrained criminals ore still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by getting hold of the owner's keys in a burglary.In 2000,12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owner"keys double the pro—vions year's figure.4 @/ F8 u" E& {6 A+ Z2 C2 o5 o
Remote—controlled immobilization system would (14) a major new obstacle in the criminal's way by making such thehs pointless.A group that includes Thatcham, the police, insurance companies and security technology firms have doveloped standards for a systern that could go on the market sooner than the____(15)expects.
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