Замок на рулевой вал – хорошая ли защита?

Statistics of recent years inevitably suggests, that cases of car hijackings becoming more. And stealing not only little old "VAZ" and "Muscovites", which is easier to hack, but representative auto, equipped with modern means of protection. Not surprising, that every motorist is trying to find additional means of theft, Besides, which is equipped with auto, off the assembly line.

Recently, a fairly common means of protection became lock the steering shaft. He is well proven in action, and a series of tests showed, that the attacker takes quite a lot of time to crack. And waste precious minutes, risking every minute of being caught red-handed, car thieves do not want. What for? Simply find a car with a lighter and clear protection.

The advantages of the lock on a steering shaft

Today the range of these devices is very wide, Many manufacturers offer their product modification. On the whole,, regardless of brand, such advantages can be isolated:

• The lock is mounted on a steering shaft, and this is a very remote place. I.e, if there is time,, then it can be removed / wear. But at the time of theft leeway is limited. Besides, easy to open key, but to wield the tools in an awkward position, parallel looking around - is extremely difficult even for an experienced thief;

• High reliability requires the use of special tools, and not every thief will thoroughly prepare for such hacking;

• Thanks to, that the lock is not immediately visible, it takes time, to detect it. Usually, attackers first consider, that the steering wheel is locked using standard lock. K because the moment, when they realize, what's all the same thing, It will take a lot of time. And as already mentioned, in such cases, time plays against hijackers.

lock design is surprisingly simple. Yes here and do not need something mega complex. The main thing - reliability and high quality. The product consists of such elements:

• • coupling, divided by 2 parts;

  • coupling connection bolts;

  • Rod with a keyhole.

All parts are made of high-strength steel, so they sawed ordinary hacksaw blade will not work. Having the same key, the lock is very simple, and the driver does not need to spend a lot of time, as well as special knowledge or skills in this matter.

When choosing a lock need to focus on the steering shaft diameter, since different brands of cars it is different. You also need to pay attention to the design of the brackets. There are universal models of castles, designed for a wide range of cars.