Every time you park your car at a place you are not so sure about or any where you can do nothing about it, something at the back of your head will continue bothering you until you return to find out that every thing is ok.
With the number of car thefts on a rise nobody can be certain to take any chances. You put some of your hard earned money on the car which you just parked in the parking lot and you return to find out that the priced possession has vanished from the scene, you dial 911 but you will never be sure to see your priced possession again.
Under such circumstances you normally just wish for a car that can self protect itself from such situations and thieves, provide any type of linkage about its whereabouts or can be stopped at the very instant you realize that it has been stolen.
It seems the gods are alive in those nostalgic terms as GM asserts that some of the things written above will no longer be just a Sci-Fi thing. The company plans on implanting its coming 1.7 million 2009 models with a system which will be more of a surprise to the thief who made a wrong choice in picking up the vehicle rather than you being bomb shelled by his act.
General Motors new OnStar service which is already enabled with a built-in GPS tracking that allows the police to locate any OnStar-equipped gets more superior as per the latest renderings by the biggest giant from Detroit.
With this new enhancement the police can ask an OnStar operator to cut off the power of the vehicle. While the OnStar operator will deliver the information about this to the occupants of the vehicle before he shuts the power down. The engine will slow down to a redundant speed, just allowing the driver to pullover to the roadside just in case to avoid any road fatality in case of an immediate breakdown at the middle of the road. The functions like breaking and other electrical functions will continue working uninterruptedly.
The system aims at cutting down the hot pursuits by police and also reducing the fatalities which result both for the bystanders and the police officers. With the inclusion of this new innovation the cops would be the most relieved ones.
Videos of Cops chasing the thieves are sprayed around on the net almost on a daily basis which means, this could be a very potent tool for the police and the overall scenario could change as well. Such deadly chases often end up with the thieves running away with the laurels and in cases they get caught the cars get severely dented more often than not thus this is a welcome move for everyone.
We care about our cars safety and when the automaker starts thinking like you, it means it is a good one, full marks to GM and OnStar for thinking such dexterously.
[Via: Technovelgy]
