We’ve spent thousands of dollars accessorizing our cars and buy the car even, then comes some vandals and wrecks our hard earned work and money.
Regardless of the motive of these vandals, we have to put this to a stop.
We’ll, in this article we will be looking at ways to catch someone who’s been messing with our car, through the use of technology, some which can be bought cheaply from our local IT shop or online even.
With the use of these technology we can collect evidence or even catch the perpetrator red, hell! We could even give him a beating. LOL.
Now, there are some problems which we may encounter in trying to catch vandals, darkness may hinder us from filming clearly during the cover of darkness, this is where night vision technology comes in.
Park under a camera
If you are unable to park in a secured spot, where it is inaccessible from the public, then park under a security camera.
The best way to catch some who has been messing with your car is to park under a camera, obviously.
The footage can then be retrieved after the crime has been committed and then given to law enforcers for them to do their job.
Depending on the type of security camera being used, it’s a 50/50 chance of this vandal being identified.
Use a dash cam in your car
A dash cam, if you haven’t already known, is a video recording device that can be mounted inside of your car and can continuously record the outside of the car.
This has to be the best solution to catching someone who is messing with your car.
Dash cameras comes with a wide range of features to help catch someone hitting your car, by use of a G sensors.
G sensors or accelerometers, commonly used in dash cams, mobile phones and drones, basically detect movement or directions.
Hard braking, sudden accelerations and even if someone knocks hard on your car, the G sensor could activate recording, this helps with minimizing battery usage.
Dash cams, could withstand extreme temperatures, which is very useful people living in places Canada, Alaska, north US (mainland).
Imagine, these things, ¼ the size of a regular mobile phone, it’s size helps with its discreteness, someone trying to do harm onto your car, will be captured on camera and with the quality of the camera, which is 2560x1440P, you could easily identify the face on camera.
How to mount a dash cam?
If it is used for daily driving records, then it is usually mounted on the windscreen, usually comes with a small suction cup which can be clipped onto the dash cam, it can also be mounted onto the window facing sideways relative to the car’s position.
Power source.
In terms of power source, dash cams can run for up-to 6 hrs, since the battery is small enough to record for a few hours only, it can be powered by its own battery, a power bank or an external power supply, which can either be through the OBD or the cigarette light.
With an external power source, it can run on 24hrs surveillance mode, if you someone tries to break in or damage the car, whether day or night, mini dash cam will sure to car the perpetrator.
Is it discrete?
Sure is! As mentioned above, this thing is ¼ a mobile phone, Pocket sized and will easily fit into your pocket and will not be obvious from the outside, it could be covered with decorations so that it’s not obvious from the outside.
Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2
This is the device that will catch someone who has been messing with your car.