Should all GPS devices be classed as a car security feature?

ProjectVRD

Hi, I have a car where I have an iPod hidden behind the dashboard. The only way for someone to know it is there is if they physically remove the dash, I assume that the insurance will not accept this as a GPS tracking device even though I can log on to any computer and see exactly where my car is... much like a more expensive GPS Tracking Device (more expensive because they usually require an annual subscription).

Given the fact I can perform the same functionality in regards to tracking my vehicle if it has been stolen, should I ring the insurance company and tell them I have a GPS device capable of tracking my car in the event of theft and if I did, would they accept it and should they refuse are they legally allowed to discriminate the device because it is not one that requires a subscription even though it meets the performance requirements and can and has been used by police forces in other examples of car theft?

rs65

There is more to a tracking security device. Have a look at Thatcham to see what is required for approval.

If you can get Thatcham approval you might get a discount.

ROY47

quote ......Hi, I have a car where I have an iPod hidden behind the dashboard

Can you remove the ipod ?

If you can then it's not a permanent "tracker" as you call it

just curious as to what you mean

Sgt_Pepper_2

ROY47 wrote: »

quote ......Hi, I have a car where I have an iPod hidden behind the dashboard

Can you remove the ipod ?

If you can then it's not a permanent "tracker" as you call it

just curious as to what you mean

You can remove a tracker unit. So that's not permanent either.

ROY47

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

You can remove a tracker unit. So that's not permanent either.

Yeh o.k. but a Correctly fitted tracker unit will be fitted somewhere you can't find it that's the whole idea of it

the way the op said it I thought they meant an i pod they own and "hide" in the car behind the dashboard :cool:

jd87

I'd like to know just how your iPod supposedly works as a GPS tracking device. Do any iPod models even have GPS? Won't it need to be on all the time and have some sort of data connection?

Sgt_Pepper_2

ROY47 wrote: »

Yeh o.k. but a Correctly fitted tracker unit will be fitted somewhere you can't find it that's the whole idea of it

the way the op said it I thought they meant an i pod they own and "hide" in the car behind the dashboard :cool:

You'd like to think so, but due to the size of the unit you are limited to where you can put them.

paddedjohn

Genuine question as i dont know the answer, 'would a tracker still work if the car battery was removed?'

Sgt_Pepper_2

paddedjohn wrote: »

Genuine question as i dont know the answer, 'would a tracker still work if the car battery was removed?'

I'd say yes as it still works when the unit is removed from the car.

silvercar

How do you charge it?