What the heck is this?

About 10 (maybe more) years ago, I fitted a tracker to a caravan. It got stolen & the tracker worked but the muppets phoned my home number and I was out. So they watched it trundling down the road and did nothing. Unknown to me the system defaulted to phoning for permission to proceed rather than proceed anyway. They had got into a secure site with a big Transit pickup and cut down 2 trees to get the van out.

The caravan was recovered - damaged with all contents gone. Insurance refused to pay for the contents so in the end it was a costly way to save them money because they didn't have to provide a new for old caravan.

The Police statements were hand written and put into the system so no effectively lost in the files. No wonder crims get away with it for so long.

That was it for me I went back to bed and breakfast while working away.
 
For all the muppets knew it was you trundling down the road with your caravan. Imagine plod being dispatched every time some muppet towed his caravan, without telling his tracker supplier.

Armed plod should be dispatched to the house of anyone who owns a caravan as a matter of course to shoot them in the kneecaps and their dog (even if they do not own one).

I have a tracker on one of my bikes. Its alerts work really well, notifications texted to my phone followed by a phone call to my mobile and to home. Easy to set up 'safe zones', too. Biketrac, part of the Road Angel group.

I also have a tracker on a car. That I haven't tested. Its only annoyance is that it requires the carrying of a separate fob, without which the tracker will arm if the vehicle is moved.
 
Wapping said:
I also have a tracker on a car. That I haven't tested. Its only annoyance is that it requires the carrying of a separate fob, without which the tracker will arm if the vehicle is moved.
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Shall we try it out ??

I'll nick it and you try and find it .... :D
 
Wapping said:
I also have a tracker on a car. That I haven't tested. Its only annoyance is that it requires the carrying of a separate fob, without which the tracker will arm if the vehicle is moved.
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The van was also fob (de)activated stolen and triggered at 2am. It had never ever triggered before and never got moved at night but they still waited for permission.
Zero point in having if if the tracking company dont do anything.

Some naiivity on my part for not properly checking the small print but why have a default call centre process that demands the user gives permission by phone? Especially as they charged for more than three false alarms per annum.
 
Thanks to all...

Bahnstormer (and Wapping!) - you are a star!! Road Angel confirmed it as one of theirs and it's now in my name. Thanks everso (and I promise to buy some bits next time I'm in to see you...) :clap:clap:clap

Giles - thanks for the offer. I'd like to take you up on that, so if you could pop up here to the Orkneys, I'll show you where to go... :D:D:D
 
Make sure the Road Angel alert defaults are set properly so they will immediately track it and do something if it ever does go missing.

Also suggest moving the box to somewhere under the main petrol tank where it can't be seen or easily ripped off the bike.
 
It's a mobile tracking device, all right. Probably an older generation. It works by triangulating it's position between known transceiver points (i.e. mobile network towers) and broadcasting it's position over the mobile network.
They have disadvantages, though - the biggest being that if the vehicle is out of range of mobile reception, it effectively 'vanishes'.

These devices are very common here in South Africa. A company here does a version which needs no external power whatsoever. The device is very slightly larger overall, and slightly thicker than, a credit card. It uses RFID technology, and can be hidden almost anywhere on any motor vehicle you care to mention.
 
Keep it secret. Dont put any tracker stickers on the bike.

The latest systems are smaller than a mobile phone and have GPS tracking and motion sensors. They do need a mobile phone connection and therefore a quick response by the tracking company and police. A steel cargo container will block the signal and even an ordinary ("transit") panel van can cause a signal problem.
 
Bendy toy said:
A steel cargo container will block the signal and even an ordinary ("transit") panel van can cause a signal problem.
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.......Which perhaps provides a clue as to why it was fited under a plastic panel rather than under what effectively would be several layers of steel under the tank :eek

Print off a sticker saying "HID Ballast 50W made in Tsan Hueang" and bolt it up under the beak with the sticker on it :thumb2
 
Fanum said:
.......Which perhaps provides a clue as to why it was fited under a plastic panel rather than under what effectively would be several layers of steel under the tank :eek

Print off a sticker saying "HID Ballast 50W made in Tsan Hueang" and bolt it up under the beak with the sticker on it :thumb2
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On my bike the petrol tank, tank cover and bodywork are all plastic. :P ;)

Only the easy to remove tank side covers are metal so behind them is less than ideal for all sorts of reasons.

Pretending to be an HID is clever. If not waterproof enough use one of these. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproo...ervan_Caravan_Accessories&hash=item2ec98ec9d9
 
Good suggestions

I like the HID one especially.

I'll have a root around and find a super secret place. with a plastic cover...

Aha, inside my (crash) helmet! Plenty of open space in there...:bounce1
 
Bendy toy said:
Keep it secret. Dont put any tracker stickers on the bike.
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On the one side, I understand the logic... we all like to see the 'tea leaves' get theirs - if and when the local boys in blue show up!

However, a 'WARNING - PROTECTED BY (Insert name of tracking company here)' sticker does help provide defence by deterrence.
If a thief knows a vehicle is protected, there's incentive to go looking for another, similar vehicle which might not be.

On the other hand, do camouflage the tracking equipment by whatever means - thus ensuring it can't be easily or quickly isolated or disabled.
 
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