Motivation Design and Develop Of Vehicle Security System With Notification And Coordination Method.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Motivation

Car security system or a vehicle security system is a critical part of an entire car system in order to prevent unauthorised access into the car. Unfortunately, most of the car security system failed to prevent car theft. Starting from the first case of car theft in year 1896, the number of car being stolen has been raised rapidly. Figure 1.1 below shows the statistic of the number of stolen private cars in Malaysia from year 1980 to 2010 [1]. From the figure, we can conclude that the number of cases of stolen car is increasing exponentially from 1980 to 2010. Although there are some decrease of the stolen cases for some year but the number of cases are raised rapidly in overall. Figure 1.1: Number of cases of stolen private car from 1980 to 2010. [1] With the statistic shown that the number of cases of private car being stolen is increasing year by year, it shows that car security system failed to perform to prevent unauthorised access. Figure 1.2 below shows the methods used by car theft in United Kingdom in 2009. Based from Figure 1.2, most cases happen when the car keys are being stolen in burglary, which is 37 [2]. Followed by the cases where owner left their car key inside the car 18. 14 of car stolen by Forced Ignition, where the theft hijack the car wiring system to start the car and drive away. We can conclude that 72 of the cases is related with car key Other using keys 12, Keys stolen in burglary 37, Keys stolen in robbery 5, Keys left in car 18 which reflects that car keys failed to protect the car. Figure 1.2: Statistics of Car Theft methods in United Kingdom 2009 [2] Some of the lucky owner was able to recover back their car after being stolen by car theft. Figure 1.3 shows the recovery rate for stolen vehicles in Malaysia for year 2003-2004 and 2008-2009. The recovery rate for year 2003-2004 59.4 total is higher than 2008- 2009 which is only 10 of total cases [1]. The recovery rate dropped sharply due to the rapid raise of the number of cases of stolen vehicle in 2008-2009. 12 14 2 5 37 5 18 7 Car Theft Methods Other using keys Forced Ignition PushedTowed Away Forgeryfraud Keys stolen in burglary Keys stolen in robbery Keys left in car Taking without consent With the low recovery rate, the performance and effectiveness of vehicle security system should be taken into consideration seriously to prevent further increase in vehicle stolen cases. Figure 1.3: Statistic of recovery rate for stolen vehicles in Malaysia. [1] 33 9.5 26.4 4.1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2003-2004 2008-2009 R ec o ver y ra te Year Recovery Rate for stolen vehicles in Malaysia Private Cars Motorcycles

1.2 Problem Statement