Every fleet manager aspires to reduce the cost of fleet operation to improve the bottom line. Car alarms and vehicle security is an important part of this mandate. Company personnel depend on having access to reliable transport to be able to meet new clients, deliver products and attend important business events. Cars that end up stolen diminish productivity, can result in a loss of business opportunity and can necessitate costly replacement or retrieval costs. Fitting cars with a vehicle monitoring alarm makes good business and security sense to deter theft and protect company vehicle assets. The following article looks further into some of the advantages to having a car alarm installed.

It’s no secret that a car thief prefers to choose an easy target. Cars that do not have any form of vehicle security are much easier targets than cars that have either an alarm or immobilizer installed. Whilst a car alarm won’t necessarily prevent a thief from smashing a car window to lift valuable property from the inside of the vehicle, many thieves will do a runner if they are startled by the sudden noise created by an alarm siren going off. Even if the thief does choose to proceed with car theft the crime could be short lived when the noise arouses sufficient attention. Many cars come pre-fitted with factory installed alarms but with the cost of alarms now very affordable, cars that are not sufficiently protected may be entitled to an insurance premium reduction should you decide to install an alarm in the vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »