remote vehicle shutdown?

catback wrote: sparkie wrote: The best proof of my original post is all over the news at the moment. Look at GM's recall over the ignition switch problem. It is basically exactly what we have been discussing. I hope we can end this topic now. The thing about that is it's worse as a PR issue than it is as a legal issue. If GM went to court the victims would require alot of proof along the effect that the victim was not at fault in the accident. Anyway, that's besides my point. When a thief steals a car the owner is no longer liable for what occurs after the theft. Exception to this would be premeditated criminal acts enacted by the owner/victim - this would be things like remote detonating the car, releasing poison gas in the car, and other actions whose planned intention was to cause harm to thief or other. At present it's not criminal or very lethal for cars to stall out/die while on the road nor should any driver, especially a thief, expect that at any given time a car won't die. That said, I myself am against anti-jacking devices. It's just another thing to fail and things like the blackjax are just a pain the ass to deal with daily in the hopes that one day all your suffering will pay off. Also not enough studies have been done on what thieves usually do when the vehicle they stole stops or makes noise a mere moment or so after being stolen. Do they run on foot, do they car jack the closest victim, do they come back and have the owner fix the car, do they come back and kill the owner for the trouble? Enough just isn't known about what happens in these situations.

I agree there are too many variable's. If the event Ever happened. I may feel the best decision would be calling the police. I just feel better having the option. Let assume I call the police never utilizing the feature. I hand the remote to a pursuing officer, And I say hit the f button once then aux button once. And it will shutdown the vehicles engine. This could be helpful and potentially lifesaving in the event of a police chase, No??

Correct. No.