Cell phones: Your other car key

In case you forgot your car keys, why not use your cellphone? But you better don't lose both if it comes to Auto-TXT.

A new car security system that identifies car owners through their mobile phones is set to revolutionise the fight against car thieves.

Auto-txt immediately identifies a car as stolen if the car is started with the keys but the mobile phone is not present. Most significantly, when the police are following a stolen car, Auto-txt allows them to track the vehicle and prevent it restarting using remote wireless technology once the vehicle ignition is turned off.

The flaw with most current car tracking systems for stolen cars is that they are activated by the driver's key or a device on the key ring. As a result, thieves are now targeting people's car keys - then using them to drive off in their car. In fact, this is now the UK's fastest growing type of car theft - having risen by 80 per cent since 2002 according to the Association of British Insurers.

Once a stolen car is stationary with the engine switched off, police can authorise Auto-txt to disable the vehicle using remote control wireless technology - without having to be with the car.

The Auto-txt product is from GBP279 for the standard tracking system and from GBP349 if the system incorporates the remote disabling feature.

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Source: Woman Motorist via Autoblog

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