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An electrician from Wolverhampton, U.K., has had it with car burglars after they stole expensive equipment from his van several times in the past few years. So he’s taken matters into his own (very capable) hands.
He’s fitted his Citroen Dispatch to deliver electric shocks to anyone trying to force open the doors or to pull on the handle of the back door before unlocking. The zap is of 1,000 volts and, while it’s not strong enough to cause injury, it’s enough to scare a would-be thief.
And if the shock doesn’t work, the siren and the two sound bombs that go off after the zap should do the trick, Ray Taylor tells The Sun with pride. Available at the bottom of the page is a Facebook video shot by Taylor’s brother, of a reporter trying out this unique car alarm.
Taylor estimates that, so far, thieves stole about £5,000 worth of equipment from his van. He came up with this idea as a means to deter them from breaking in, while also delivering a mild dose of well-deserved punishment. If other car owners in the area are interested, he will fit their own vehicles with a similar system – for a price, of course.
“They'll get a zap,” Taylor says of how his car alarm works. “It's solved all my problems, so I can sleep easy. The shock isn't going to do any lasting damage but it will make you jump a bit.”
And here’s the funniest part: police say that this modification to the van is completely legit. Before he went public with it, Taylor spoke to the police and they told him that he could put it into practice on the condition that he included a visible warning on the van. The Dispatch now carries a sticker under the handle on the back door that reads “Danger Live Terminals” - assuming any car burglar stops to read it before trying to break into the vehicle.
Still, the West Midlands Police will have you know that they do not “endorse such tactics,” a spokesperson says for the Daily Mail.
And if the shock doesn’t work, the siren and the two sound bombs that go off after the zap should do the trick, Ray Taylor tells The Sun with pride. Available at the bottom of the page is a Facebook video shot by Taylor’s brother, of a reporter trying out this unique car alarm.
Taylor estimates that, so far, thieves stole about £5,000 worth of equipment from his van. He came up with this idea as a means to deter them from breaking in, while also delivering a mild dose of well-deserved punishment. If other car owners in the area are interested, he will fit their own vehicles with a similar system – for a price, of course.
“They'll get a zap,” Taylor says of how his car alarm works. “It's solved all my problems, so I can sleep easy. The shock isn't going to do any lasting damage but it will make you jump a bit.”
And here’s the funniest part: police say that this modification to the van is completely legit. Before he went public with it, Taylor spoke to the police and they told him that he could put it into practice on the condition that he included a visible warning on the van. The Dispatch now carries a sticker under the handle on the back door that reads “Danger Live Terminals” - assuming any car burglar stops to read it before trying to break into the vehicle.
Still, the West Midlands Police will have you know that they do not “endorse such tactics,” a spokesperson says for the Daily Mail.
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