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英语多功能词典 496 There are even plans for immobilizers 8that shut down vehicles on the move, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system. In the UK. an array of technical fixes is already making 9life harder for car thieves. “ The pattern of vehicles crime has changed, ” says Martyn Randall of Thatcham, a security anization based in Berkshire that is funded in part 10 by the motor insurance industry. He says it would only take him a few minutes to 11teach a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than years old. Modern cars are a far tougher proposition, as their engine puter will not 12allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key. In the UK, technologies like this 13have helped achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997. But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by getting hold of the owner ’s keys ina burglary. In 2000, 12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owner ’s keys double the previous year ’s figure. Remote-controlled immobilization system would 14put a major new obstacle in the criminal ’s way by making such thefts pointless. A group that includes Thatcham, the police, panies and security technology firms have developed standards for a system that could goon the market sooner than the 15customer expects. Car Thieves could Be Stopped Remotely 远程制止偷车贼超速驾驶在偷来的汽车里, 偷车贼以为自己大获全胜。但是他马上就会又惊又恼。车上已经被装了远程制动装置,一个几英里以外的控制中心发来的无线信号将确保盗贼一旦启动引擎,他就不能再次发动汽车了。目前,这种装置只用于卡车队或者用于建筑工地的特殊车辆上。但是远程制动技术很快就会逐步应用到普通汽车上。并且应该在两个月之内用在英国的普通汽车上。计划是这样的。把一个集合有微型无绳电话, 微量处理器, 存储器以及全球定位系统的卫星接收器的控制盒子安装在汽车上。如果汽车被盗,一个被编码的无绳电话信号就会告诉这个装置停止车辆引擎控制系统来阻止弓 I 擎再次被启动。甚至还有一些人主张计划将制动装置装在运行着的车辆上, 可是这样一来人们就会担心这个系统的安全性 o 在英国, 一系列的技术装置已经让盗车贼步履维艰了。玛丁兰多来自位于贝克郡的一个由汽车保险工业投资成立的名为撒策姆的安全研究机构,他说, “车辆盗窃的手法已经有所改变。”他还声称只要是 10 年以上的汽车,他就能用几样简单的工具在几分钟之内教会一个新手怎样偷车。现代车却远没有这么简单, 因为它们的引擎管理计算机装置只有接收到一个独一无二的由点火钥匙发送过来的身份密码才可以启动汽车。自 1997 年以来,