In article <41747D87.4090809@therealaddress.net>,
Billy-Bob Bimp wrote:
> The GPS transponders used by most of the rental car companies are
> walkie-talkie-like units with integrated antennae. They are quite
> compact, so they can be hidden virtually anywhere in the car that a
> constantly-live positive power lead can be found or easily run-in.
> Accordingly, rental car companies install them in a variety of places,
> so short of dismantling the entire vehicle you could have great
> difficulty finding the unit.
>
> The devices have numerous fail-safe capabilities, and whenever the
> central tracking facility suddenly stops receiving a signal from any one
> of these units (suggesting, obviously, that either the car has just been
> totalled or that someone has tampered with the transponder) they
> dispatch the local police immediately to the last-transmitted location
> of the vehicle.
>
> FWIW, most car rental companies get both the transponders and the 24/7
> tracking services from a single Canadian company which pretty much
> dominates the North American market.
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