THE SUPPOSEDLY THEFT PREVENTION DEVICES BUILT INTO TODAY'S VEHICLES ARE NOW MAKING IT EASIER TO STEAL THEM

Technology VS Technology

 

By Trey Rusk

                                

 

 

Last week my son's truck was stolen.  The truck is a 2022 F-250 with all the bells and whistles.  It cost $89,000.00. My son saved $30,000 worth of overtime for the down payment.  Police overtime is almost limitless. The truck is now worth over $100,000.00. (Thanks Joe.) Because you can't buy them or if you can they retail above the sticker price.  Anyway, the truck was gone in a minute from a Big Box store parking lot.  The latest technology used to keep the truck from being stolen has been hacked.  If a thief is well versed on the model of truck, they can use a dead blow mallet or broom stick to break off the driver's side door handle then reach under the steering wheel open the fuse box and with a wire, bypass the security system and drive away.  They no longer have to breach the steering column.  My son was notified of the breach on his cell phone and by the time he exited the building, the truck was gone.  

Of course, the local PD entered the truck as stolen.  Three hours later the truck was spotted by a license plate reader in Houston and the chase was on.  The thieves then bailed out leaving the truck in an undesirable neighborhood.  The shitbirds outran the cops.  HPD had the truck towed to my son's house.  There is little if any body damage.  The thieves apparently had taken the truck for the in-dash electronics and semi-conductor chips as they had started removing them before the chase.  Anyway, for some reason they decided to move the truck after dark and tripped the LPR.  

I find it ironic that the supposedly theft prevention items built into today's vehicles are now making it easier to steal them.  Most of the semi-conductor chips that the U.S. desperately needs are manufactured in China.  Even the LPR Camera was manufactured in China.  

I have an Apple Air Tag hidden in my SUV.  My wife and her sister went shopping today.  I have attached a pic of where my vehicle is located.  The Air Tag costs around $25 and is the size of a quarter.  There are no fees because it is tracked by GPS and uses any available Bluetooth to transmit.  Clever.