"ErikO@ebyte.com" <ErikO@EBYTE.COM>
 wrote:
"Then we need to lobby Darrel Broehler to design a
simple little timed circuit that would allow the van to run for 10
seconds or so if this switch wasn't pressed. This way the thief drives

away only to have the van stall out on him with a puff of smoke. He'll

think the van's a piece of crap and leave it."

I like this basic concept.  But I think it would make thieves
suspicious.  Better yet, unless the secondary switch is activated, the
van's motor should run so "raggy" and barely stay alive that it seems
wildly out of tune or near death.  Then, if any power is applied to
the transmission,  another switch would be activated only which would
just make the motor give up and die.  Repeats would convince even the
most skeptical auto thief that this one wasn't worth trying to drive
away.  I can't help thinking that some el-cheapo camera lens hiding in
the dash that only is activated when this circuit executes a motor
kill would add a final touch. That would allow police officers to have
a photo of a person with no excuse for their presence in that
circumstance.

Saturday pipe dreams
John