Car Alarm and Remote Start

There are plenty of urban legends about “code grabbing” by car thieves. Supposedly, a wireless device or laptop can pick up the code for your remote keyless entry. The thief then follows you to a parking spot, waits for you to leave your automobile, and steals it.

In reality, keyless entry theft is pretty much a thing of the past.In the early days of keyless entry, the code was the same each time you unlocked your car.The modern RKE system uses a hopping code that produces a fresh code sequence every time you press the button to lock or unlock your door. These devices produce code combos in the millions.

A thief might lie in wait in the parking garage and snap up your RKE code with a wireless device.However, the code that the thief just grabbed is no good because your RKE system just made up a new one.The average street thief doesn’t have access to the sophisticated software he would need to break your RKE code.

Car thieves are lazy.Smashing the window and doing a little hotwiring is as much work as these guys want to do. Crooks prefer to work fast and make a clean getaway. If you really want to protect your automobile, buy a good vehicle alarm and practice good vehicle security:
- Never leave your keys in your car.
- Always lock up even when you leave for a few minutes.
- Don’t park in isolated areas or bad neighborhoods
- Don’t leave valuables in your car.
- Be sure to hide what you can’t carry.
- Resist the temptation to gussy up your ride with chrome and brand name stickers.
- Park in a garage if you can.
- Park in the driveway instead of the street.

These steps are recommended over and over again by law enforcement officials because they work.For today, anyway, electronic brains are smarter than human ones when it comes to opening your car doors.