"How Car Thieves Outsmart You" is a cover title in the August edition of Wired Magazine. Inside, the article "Pinch My Ride" written by Brad Stone, is a follow-up story about how his transponder equipped car was stolen and how his insurance company didn't believe him. Several victims, suspects and experts are interviewed as to how the systems can be defeated and several insurance companies are mentioned by name. The entire story can be read online by clicking here.

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Current Events

150 cars detained, cited in police sting

A group of about 150 vehicles and an estimated 300 people were detained by a Drag-Net Street Racing Enforcement operation coordinated by the Ontario Police Department on July 22, at 12:53am. Twenty-six of the cars were impounded. Read more...

There are 21 significant Street, Show, Drift and Drag events for the month of August in the following states: CA, FL, GA, MD, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, WA and in Canada. For additional information click here.

Stolen Vehicles Identified

VINtrack Windows Mobile identified several more stolen vehicles last month throughout the country. The VINtrack VIN check and OBD VIN software exposed data that was missed by conventional means.

VINtrack is used by law enforcement throughout the world and is responsible for identifying clones, VIN switches, re-tags and other questionable vehicles conventional means have missed.

VINtrack helps insurance companies from unknowingly insuring stolen VIN-switched/Re-tagged vehicles.

Our new OBD VIN readers are enhanced to capture electronic VINs where generic OBD readers cannot.

To learn more about the VINtrack line of products click here.

Internet Site Worth Watching

With 12.5 million unique users, www.youtube.com has become the site for video sharing. Individuals upload videos they have taken for the world to see. These include street races, drifting crashes, fraud, theft...

With 70 million videos watched per day, there is something for everyone. You can search by topic for just the film you are interested in.

Regards,

Mike Bender

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