Despite all modern car alarms, car thefts are only increasing every day. The likelihood of returning the car is relatively small, law enforcement agencies simply cannot cope with such a flood of applications. First of all, the car owner needs to take care of the safety of his "iron horse" himself.
Even if the car is insured against theft, it will take a lot of time to receive insurance compensation, and the owner will still lose money. Therefore, you should not rely on CASCO, you should not skimp on security systems. But the installation of an alarm, immobilizer or anti-theft lock does not give a 100% guarantee. Your task is not to lose touch with the car when it is out of your sight or stolen.
It is better to supplement the security system with a search beacon. What is a search beacon? This is a small box that works autonomously from batteries, which can be hidden in the car and receive the coordinates of the location of the car from the lighthouse. The beacon is controlled via a GSM channel. This means that messages from the beacon will be sent to your mobile phone in the form of sms messages.
Lighthouses are active and passive. The passive beacon is constantly in sleep mode and communicates only once a day. You yourself can set the desired time for the beacon to contact. Such a device is very difficult to detect with a scanner. Such beacons are waterproof, which means that it can be installed not only in the cabin, but also in the hood, under the bumper, etc. But if, for example, the car was stolen at 11 o'clock in the morning, the lighthouse will send you the coordinates only at 9 am the next day. And during this time, anything can happen to the car.
Then an active search beacon comes into play. The active beacon is always on, and you can see in real time the route of movement of your car in a special application. You can also listen to what is happening in the car, program the function of notification of changes in the coordinates of the car. But such a beacon is easy to spot with a scanning device. The ideal option is to install two beacons. When the hijackers find an active beacon, they stop looking for other devices. And the passive search engine will soon make itself felt. It is important that there is always a positive balance on the mobile numbers of devices, otherwise no messages will be received. And don't forget to change the batteries in time.
