FOILING CAR BANDITS

Evening Star, Issue 21881, 19 November 1934, Page 15

FOILING CAR BANDITS

Patents have been obtained in Britain for a novel invention to trap 'motor" bandits! The- invention-is the work of two unemployed -ex-service-men, H. F. Websdale and E. James. The gadget, which can be fitted l to any make of car, is. claimed _to be completely foolproof and thiefproof. Immediately any unauthorised person starts driving the car more than four mileS ah hour two red- electric signs shoot out above the front and

rear number plates. On those are written, “ This car has been stolen.” If the bandits still try to escape they can easily be caught by pursuers, for at a speed of twenty-four miles an hour the engine cuts out completely. The' secret of the car’s uncanny ability to detect bandits lies in a concealed electric switch known only to the owner. When the switch is turned on the car becomes automatically “ bandit conscious.” “ The beauty of the thing is that no bandit has time to search all round a car for a small electric switch,” said one of the inventors recently. “It oan also serve a secondary purpose, that of guaranteeing a maximum speed to certain cars.”