GPS Trackers for Vehicles, Assets & Theft Protection
Learn about GPS Tracking for vehicles & theft protection
Four Popular uses for GPS Tracking of Vehicles
Know where your car is at all times with a GPS Tracker for vehicles
Here are some of the ways vehicle GPS trackers are typically used:
- Letting loved ones know where you are on long journeys, and when you reach certain waypoints (alerts are sent via an app)
- Tracking individuals who may be at risk (e.g. new, elderly or anxious drivers)
- Tracking your vehicle's whereabouts if being used by someone else, e.g. a friend or employee
- Protecting against vehicle theft (especially for vans, bikes and caravans)
"I’m grateful for the very quick response in helping get this up and running fully. It’s great to see the GPS Tracker on the map, this will enable us to keep better track of my father."
Features of GPS Trackers for Vehicles
Track a vehicle online with GPS
Track the vehicle online at all times
A free Online GPS Tracking account allows you to track you vehicle at all times on a website or app. See the vehicle's route, where it's been and when with a recent history should you need to check back. We give a simple step-by-step guide to setting your GPS Tracker that's cheap to run, where the only cost is the data use from the pre-installed free GPS Tracker SIM card. This works out to about 40p per month - and that's the only cost you need to pay once you have the device.
GPS trackers for vehicles can notify when leaving or entering certain areas
Receive immediate alerts when the car reaches or leaves any areas or destinations
You can choose to have texts to your phone or alerts via the app whenever your car reaches or leaves certain areas. With online tracking, you can set up a series of circle areas of any size anywhere on the map. This could be a 1 mile around your partner's workplace to know when they're leaving, or a mile around home to know when they're about to arrive.
GPS trackers for vehicles can notify when leaving or entering certain areas
Locate the car whenever you need to
A simple text message or phone call to the device will trigger an immediate text reply straight to your phone with a GPS Tracker Location link, accurate to within meters. This doesn't require data usage, and will cost just 10p for each location text from your PAYG account.
GPS trackers for vehicles can notify when above set speeds
Know if the driver of a vehicle goes too fast
Both of our GPS Trackers for vehicles also have an over-speed alert - so if you're lending your car to someone else, you can also receive an alert text if they drive over a set speed limit. You could then also use the online tracking system to see what distance was covered in what time, as further evidence.
Receive an alert if the vehicle moves, indicating theft or usage without consent
A motion sensor can detect movement and send you a text direct to your mobile phone - allowing you to call to listen in to the surroundings or request further locations to see if the vehicle is on the move. This is hugely useful in responding quickly to a theft, particularly if you leave a vehicle for long periods of time (e.g. a caravan).
"I think it is a great product and it has been working very well."
Two Excellent GPS Trackers for Vehicles
Magnetic GPS Tracker for Vehicles
Our GPS Car Tracker is a powerful magnetic tracker with a 60 day battery. It's waterproof, robust and accurate to within a few meters - very easy to place on or under a vehicle or steel container. It offers instant locations, speed and motion alerts, as well as free online tracking.
Small GPS Tracker for Vehicles
Our Stray Star GPS Tracker is a smaller, discreet device packed with functionality also including a hidden mic, speaker. In can be easily placed within a car, van, caravan or bag, offering movement and speed alerts, instant locations, and online tracking.Limitations of GPS Trackers for Vehicles
Place your vehicle tracker well to ensure its hidden from thieves
There are limitations to GPS Trackers for vehicles which are useful to be aware of:
- GPS signals can vary depending on nearby tall buildings, trees, bad weather, heavy cloud coverage, or being underground or deep within a building (e.g. a capark or warehouse). Sometimes, they might momentarily be absent altogether for these reasons.
- GPS Trackers rely on mobile network coverage, so are prone to occasional black-spots just as with any mobile device (e.g. a temporary local mast tower issue). If the vehicle drives into an area of poor mobile reception, it will also not be able to transmit the data.
- Thieves may locate your vehicle's GPS Tracker and discard it. You will need to ensure it's well placed to avoid this.
- Being reliant on network and GPS signal, your GPS Tracker shouldn't be relied up on to encourage a risky situation - nor should you endanger yourself in attempting retrieving a stolen car. Always contact the police in the first instance - and stay safe!
"My dad no longer drives, but sometimes takes a moped out on long trips to visit places or museums. He takes his Tracker, and I get emails to know when he's left, when he gets there, when he leaves again, and when he's almost home. I can then call mum to let her know hes on his way - its fantastic."
GPS Trackers for Theft Protection
If you can't prevent a theft, the next best thing is to know it's happening with a GPS Tracker's motion sensor
In a single year across 2018-19, 150,000 cars, vans and motorcycles were reported stolen in the UK (source: FleetNews).
Car theft reduced substantially soon after 2003 as a direct result of superior car security and modern technology. It's steadily increased again in recent years though as thieves have found ways to side-step the various technological barriers.
For the year ending March 2020, statistics show that 72% of stolen cars were never returned to their owners (source: Office for National Statistics).
Locate a stolen car or asset with a hidden GPS device
Increasingly, savvy owners of expensive goods and cars are turning to GPS Trackers for vehicles as a secondary measure against theft - whether to locate stolen bikes, camera bags, handbags, agricultural machinery or shipping containers.
For anything valuable, you'll hopefully have some primary security measures in place. But if there's any possibility whatsoever that something could be taken - make sure you can know exactly when - as well as where it's gone.
"These figures paint a rather disturbing picture – vehicle thefts are on the rise almost everywhere, and in some parts of the country numbers are rocketing."
"It’s also not the case that the rises in crime are confined to a few larger urban areas, with many police forces covering more rural areas also seeing big increases."
Using GPS Trackers for Vehicles as Theft Prevention
Know when something leaves an area
You can set up a circular area around any asset or vehicle - and be notified if it leaves that zone. This can be a text alert direct to your mobile phone, or an alert via an app. Keep up to date in real-time as your asset is on the move, and share its location easily with police.
Know when something moves
Our GPS Trackers for vehicles can alert you once their moving. Both our devices have built-in motion sensors, which can be useful when combined with other functions. If something is stolen - the sooner you know, the better.
See where it's going, and where it's been
If something of yours is taken, you can use online tracking to monitor its ongoing journey - relaying to police if need be in the search to retrieve it. We give a simple step-by-step guide to setting your vehicle GPS Tracker up with a free online GPS tracking account, also free to use. The only cost will be data use from the pre-installed SIM card, which costs approx 40p for a full month of tracking.
Locate your assets whenever you need to
A simple text message or phone call to the GPS Tracker will trigger an immediate text reply straight to your phone with a GPS Tracker Location text, accurate to within meters. Perhaps you're on holiday and want to just reassure yourself that your car or bike back home are where they should be.
Small, discreet & waterproof
Both of our GPS Trackers for vehicle theft protection are small, discreet GPS Trackers and waterproof. The Stray Star GPS Tracker is also tamper-proof - it's not easily powered off, and not at all obvious to any finder that there is a SIM card inside. You can even disable the LEDs on the side so it appears to be switched off.
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