Thanks, Frank, for these clear thoughts. (Bev, I did look at the website because this was something I'd never heard of.)
On Feb 20, 1:32 pm, Frank Schuitemaker <knarfboatma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bev, > > I remember having talked about this one and your enthusiasm and my cooler > anylitical way of looking at it. > > The system is great but ask yourself a few questions: > > - Sophisticated criminals in developed may be deterred > - Changers in developing countries could care less > - Relative high cost to owner > - Can and do the local SAPS do spot checks? > - Are cars scanned at the borders? > - Do car part dealers refuse to use dotted parts? > - Bear in mind there are many competing products? All requiring different > and often expensive equipment and training - bottom line the authorities > and > insurance companies will not support and pay for all. Unless a compulsory > system is implemented. None of the Ins Companies refer typically to it on > their sites. > > I was approached some 15 years ago by the owner of the original importers > (Elvey Security) together with other collogues - and offered a free course > in the UK - catch was we had to promote it what honestly I / we could not > do, part for the reasons given. > > Think there are more cost effective solutions with as much high or low > degree of success. > > Where it works possibly quite well is for very expensive designer clothing > and high value articles to be automatically sprayed at the exit of premises > (activated by motion detection). > > My penny worth of ~ > > Frank > > On 20 February 2011 12:59, Bev <bevp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://www.datadot.co.za/ > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
