[sci.electronics] Bicycle Theft

markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) (06/06/90)

In article <47@sierra.STANFORD.EDU>, siegman@sierra.STANFORD.EDU (siegman) writes:
> 
> I'd also like to see a lot more stuff protected by silent alarms --
> thief grabs the stuff, alarm goes off inside somewhere, you try to
> catch the guy and put him out of business.  Our campus is plagued by
> bike thieves who obviously grab a bunch of bikes, and depart in trucks
> with them.  I really don't understand why we don't have more
> stakeouts, and catch these guys.

That sounds like a good application for a Lojack transmitter.  Build
a transmitter into the frame, put the bike out as bait, and go for a 
T-hunt. 

markz@ssc.uucp