Watch out bike thieves – GPS bike tracking shows up again! This time it’s at the University of Toronto and the bikes being tracked are actually “bait bikes” placed around campus to trap would-be thieves. The police department is handing out stickers proclaiming “this bike could be a bait bike” for students and faculty to place on their bikes so thieves think twice before stealing.
So far the program seems to be working and thefts on the campus are down. I’m really interested to see what these devices look like, I tried the Google but no luck. Perhaps people are just using those GPS kid-tracker wristwatch-style devices on their bikes?
These devices must be pretty small and discrete so they’re not obvious to the crooks. I mean GPS devices need a clear view of the sky (at least the antenna does) and there aren’t alot of spots on a bike where you can hide stuff like that. Perhaps someone should just start selling big fake GPS trackers with warning stickers so bike thieves steer clear 😉
