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TRUCKS THEFT * Europe - Volvo Trucks tackling the problem of roadside pirates
Thefts from long-haul trucks total in the region of EUR€8.2 billion (US$12 billion approx.) every year
Stockholm,Sweden -Gizmag by Jeff Salton -October 1, 2009: -- Figures released by the commercial drivers’ International Road Transport Union, the IRU, show that 17 percent of Europe’s long-haul truck drivers are victims of robbery during work-hours at some time over a five-year period... New initiatives by Volvo Trucks and the EU are being undertaken to improve driver safety and prevent these thefts... According to Volvo Trucks, a big cargo can be stolen quickly and easily, and in less than an hour it can be reloaded onto other vehicles and vanish from the scene... In order to safeguard goods transport, Volvo Trucks has launched Security Service, a supplement to the Dynafleet transport information system in Europe... Volvo is also developing a lockable fifth wheel that can be remotely controlled, thus preventing the trailer from being separated from the truck and disappearing... The next stage in the security system provides protection from theft of the whole rig. A manual alarm or a system that triggers an alert as soon as the truck passes a predetermined geographic perimeter will prevent the truck from starting after it stops, or will gradually restrict its speed until it comes to a complete halt. Since the driver has no control over any part of this process, his or her safety is not jeopardized... Labels: truck thefts
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