[doc] Re: Brand New Car Alarm (Invention)

["rdj104" <rdj104@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately there is very little actual info on the website about 
this 'new invention' but what I read is rather worrying. The main 
feature is that if your car is stolen you can dial a special phone 
number and stop it dead and then get your car back.

Actually many fleet tracking systems have this feature built into 
them already but it is usually not activated for safety reasons.

Say that your car is stolen, so you phone up and stop it then arrange 
to go recover it. What you don't know is that at the time the thief 
was driving round the M25 in the outside lane in rush hour at 70mph
(unlikely I know). Car suddenly slows down and stops in the outside 
lane and causes a multiple car pile up and kills someone, and 
destroys your car anyway. 

The accident was in effect caused by the car owner and they could 
therefore be held responsible, possibly charged with manslaughter.

The only way to perform remote stops like this in anything like a 
safe manner is for a police officer with visual contact of the 
vehicle to authorise it.

However I must admit his self destructing hard drives intrigue me a 
little, I hope it's not using an explosive charge, as that would 
upset people if you tried to take it on a plane!

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jonathan Sharp" <delorean011@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is a new post. My company has just started trading and we are 
> specialising in the next generation of security products, both for 
> automobiles and data. Please check out our company web site if you 
feel 
> any of these are beneficial, alternatively pass the web site 
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> if you think it would benefit someone you know.
> 
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> 
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> 
> Jonathan Sharp
> Managing Director
> JP Industries (UK) Limited




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