Car theft is on the rise, and thieves target the most popular cars as it’s quite easy to break such cars into parts and sell them off. While car thieves have been getting smarter  by the year, car security accessories have also been getting better at deterring such thieves.

Breaking into cars is quite easy but breaking a gear lock and driving it away is not so easy. This is exactly why gear locks are such great theft deterrents. Upon spotting a gear lock in a car, most thieves are likely to simply walk away, choosing to target easier cars to steal.

The external steering lock is another accessory that sits above the existing steering lock that’s standard on most cars. While thieves can easily pry open the regular steering lock, an external steering lock is a massive deterrent as it makes the theft time consuming and prone to detection. Needless to say, thieves tend to simply avoid cars with steering locks.

This is an electronic device that connects to your car’s OBD port, and alerts you when your vehicle is driven away by an un-authorised person. It will also beam out GPS co-ordinates of your car, which can be helpful to track the car, and recover it.