Condo Parking Theft Deterrent
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OmegaBravo7
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^LOL!
I wouldn't give up that easily.
Anyone think about some sort of sting operation? Cops won't mind, it's like community/neighborhood watch except no Zimmerman actions.
When a bike is stolen and your insurance reimburses you, is that considered as a claim?
I wouldn't give up that easily.
Anyone think about some sort of sting operation? Cops won't mind, it's like community/neighborhood watch except no Zimmerman actions.
When a bike is stolen and your insurance reimburses you, is that considered as a claim?
Err, I'm with you in spirit but I have yet to hear an idea that doesn't basically lead to a Zimmerman-y potential conclusion.
And, as far as I know, it's a claim. So even if I have zero deductible, thefts will make me suffer increased premiums and potentially worse (canceled or refused insurance?).
Guys, lets all get together and pick a Bluetooth location tracker. There are several on the market. The more people that use the trackers and associated App on their phone the more useful they will become.. These will report GPS Coordinates back to you.
One that is perfect, available already and not in pre-orders/pre production is Pebble Bee, it has crowd sourcing, meaning anyone with the app can sense a stolen tracker if it passes by and reports back to owner. It also has simple motion sensing and gyro sensing, it would detect immediately if your bike was shifted, let alone moving out of range, or your digital "Geo fence".
Im ordering up Pebble bee dragon trackers.. I suggest more people to do as well.. Hell, they are cheap enough to put a few on the bike
Power in numbers.
PS other such devices are XY tracker, Tile, Stickr Trackr(****** doesnt work), and a few others..
One that is perfect, available already and not in pre-orders/pre production is Pebble Bee, it has crowd sourcing, meaning anyone with the app can sense a stolen tracker if it passes by and reports back to owner. It also has simple motion sensing and gyro sensing, it would detect immediately if your bike was shifted, let alone moving out of range, or your digital "Geo fence".
Im ordering up Pebble bee dragon trackers.. I suggest more people to do as well.. Hell, they are cheap enough to put a few on the bike
Power in numbers.
PS other such devices are XY tracker, Tile, Stickr Trackr(****** doesnt work), and a few others..
Love to get my ZX6R back or simply put some of these thieves out of business but I did spend a lot of time talking to cops about this... Unless you have #aparticularsetofskills and intend to get your bike back yourself, I don't know what can come of it. And that's the Zimmermanesque result I was referring to.
Most don't do the engraving but for everything else they've met the suggestions at Tim Hortons.
-Maverick-
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Looks like the Almax Chain can be cut with an angle grinder. These British chaps discuss here:
http://londonbikers.com/forums/printtopic815836.aspx
If that's the case, all other chains will be laughable.
Looks like the Brits have something going that we don't. The public! Maybe the media would help in asking for the publics awareness in watching out for motorcycle theft.
GPS trackers will change the face of theft. LoJack should be mandatory for supersport owners in condos. It's the only way to stop (and catch) the F'ers.
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http://londonbikers.com/forums/printtopic815836.aspx
If that's the case, all other chains will be laughable.
Looks like the Brits have something going that we don't. The public! Maybe the media would help in asking for the publics awareness in watching out for motorcycle theft.
GPS trackers will change the face of theft. LoJack should be mandatory for supersport owners in condos. It's the only way to stop (and catch) the F'ers.
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Splash
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We had a serious break-in and theft problem in one of our building underground parking lots. Three years ago we changed the underground parking to a key-in/key-out system, where you have to use your key to get out of the underground parking, the same way as getting into it. This greatly reduced break-ins, vandalism, and theft, was inexpensive to implement, and everyone seems to accept the minor inconvenience as the cost of increasing the security of their property.
I'd be fine with that too.
Can you explain what key in/out means? My condo requires a fob to get in now but I would like to propose improvements.
That's when you gave a card that you scan so it opens the garage doors. Usually first door opens to visitors, then a second door goes to paid parking.
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Hi Eshun,
The tenant uses a fob/key to lift the underground parking garage door to drive inside and park their vehicle. To leave the underground parking they do the same thing: they pull up to a fob reader or key switch, insert it, the door opens and they drive out. The hose on the floor, or the electric eye if that is the case, is disconnected or removed, the only way a vehicle can exit the garage (as with your bike) is if they have a key. I don't know where your live, the type of neighbourhood or tenant/residents, or the circumstances of the thefts, but in our case, this was an inexpensive solution, and not exaggerating, pretty-well eliminated problems in our garage.
A side note, over the years we had numerous times captured break-ins and other vandal activity on video tape. We would take the video to the police department, and they would say that they feel very sorry, but there was nothing they could, and that the crooks had to be caught in the act. They at one point told us that we should stake-out the garage and confront the individuals ourselves (100% -- not kidding). Calling the police takes a lot of time and effort, and is usually a wasted effort: they are individually all very nice people, and also about as useful as tits on a bull. We have been in the apartment business for a very long time, so I speak with considerable background.
The tenant uses a fob/key to lift the underground parking garage door to drive inside and park their vehicle. To leave the underground parking they do the same thing: they pull up to a fob reader or key switch, insert it, the door opens and they drive out. The hose on the floor, or the electric eye if that is the case, is disconnected or removed, the only way a vehicle can exit the garage (as with your bike) is if they have a key. I don't know where your live, the type of neighbourhood or tenant/residents, or the circumstances of the thefts, but in our case, this was an inexpensive solution, and not exaggerating, pretty-well eliminated problems in our garage.
A side note, over the years we had numerous times captured break-ins and other vandal activity on video tape. We would take the video to the police department, and they would say that they feel very sorry, but there was nothing they could, and that the crooks had to be caught in the act. They at one point told us that we should stake-out the garage and confront the individuals ourselves (100% -- not kidding). Calling the police takes a lot of time and effort, and is usually a wasted effort: they are individually all very nice people, and also about as useful as tits on a bull. We have been in the apartment business for a very long time, so I speak with considerable background.
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-Maverick-
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Shaking head. How did the police model in North America go so wrong? How did we let it?
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OmegaBravo7
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Key or fob, doesn't matter really. Anyone can get in if they follow someone else going in. Garage doors are sensored so that if the door is coming down and it senses a car underneath it will go back up.
That's why I comically suggested a stake out. I know how much the cops and property managements care about thefts - zilch, zip, nada, nothing.
A bat to a few of their heads will make them think twice. They are the scum of the earth, the bottom feeders, the crumb collecting bums making a pathetic, shameful, and dishonorable living off of someone else's hard earned dollar. One day they're going to come across the wrong person. And when they ***** from a tube into a bag and eat from a straw for the rest of their lives they'll write messags on chalkboard with a chalk in between their lips for their crime syndicates "bros leave this way, get real job, not worth it" with 30 min breaks between words.
That's why I comically suggested a stake out. I know how much the cops and property managements care about thefts - zilch, zip, nada, nothing.
A bat to a few of their heads will make them think twice. They are the scum of the earth, the bottom feeders, the crumb collecting bums making a pathetic, shameful, and dishonorable living off of someone else's hard earned dollar. One day they're going to come across the wrong person. And when they ***** from a tube into a bag and eat from a straw for the rest of their lives they'll write messags on chalkboard with a chalk in between their lips for their crime syndicates "bros leave this way, get real job, not worth it" with 30 min breaks between words.
except they can just install this in the van they are using
except they don't always
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/04/29/motorcycle-theft-ring-probe-nets-302-charges
