For what reason would YOU use a vehicle GPS tracking device?

Question

I am refering to a tracking device hidden under your car's dash that allows you to see where the car is at all times, NOT a navigation system. Would you use it to track a cheating spouse, or your kids, for theft recovery, or is there another reason?

Wow! I didn't expect so many replies so quickly! I am a distributor for one, and I was curious to see what the public vote would be.

Answer 1

I'd use it to track my horse.
I don't drive. :P

Answer 2

The easiest way to do with without risking damage to the car or hitting the resale value would be to locate the onstar box and disconnect the GPS antenna from it. A couple of layers of aluminum foil over the GPS antenna will also work. If the car is on a lease scheme or purchased on credit of any sort then it's not your car, it's theirs until you pay for it. Check the small print, they may require that you don't interfere with the GPS so that it's easier for them to repo if you don't make your payments. If so disabling the GPS could result in them taking the car back. Jamming is illegal. Unlicensed transmitters in military frequency bands aren't too popular with the FCC for some strange reason. You can't detect the emissions from a GPS tracker easily, GPS receivers doesn't transmit and most trackers switch off when not moving and use cell phones to send data back. So you would have to look for cell phone data traffic while driving and then ensure that it wasn't just someone else's phone that you've picked up. And that's assuming they aren't trying to avoid detection. There is however a very simple way of detecting an after market GPS tracker. The Mk.1 eyeball. Just look at the underside of the car.

Answer 3

Theft recovery would be the number one reason. I never thought about the cheating spouse use though.

Answer 4

I wouldn't use a GPS tracking device for any of the three suggested reasons. No, I'd like to have one because I really like my present car and would like to know how it would respond to having a spy aboard.

Answer 5

all of the above.

can also be used to track a fleet of vehicles to get someone to pick up a waiting shipment or provide a customer an eta if they are waiting on a delivery.

Answer 6

Siempre he confiados en los GPS que he comprado aquí, la ultima vez he comprado un GPS para ponerlo en la bici, además de una buena entrega el producto cumple mis expectativas, un GPS interesante que además de su función, que esta perfecta , tiene también pulsometro, una compra muy buena.

Answer 7

only other option I can come up with is if I was either abducted or if I wound up getting lost in a blizzard or something similar - that way people could use it to find me

Answer 8

If I had a suspicion that husband was playing away from home, but only if i was 99% sure.
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Answer 9

to catch a cheating partner

Answer 10

Theft recovery!!!!!! and it works fantastically well

Answer 11

you can get your car stolen you now why well 2% of police in britan are dirty cops so so evil man may nick your can and ITS THE POLICE FOLT
(i got told this by my mate trust me)