The attempted theft of a treasured Kawasaki Ninja was thwarted last week by a text message sent via Text-Alert from Datatool, the UK’s leading supplier of innovative electronic motorcycle products. Andrew Aldridge, a pub landlord and father of four from Rubery in the West Midlands, bought his Kawasaki with the Datatool Text-Alert fitted as he particularly wanted the extra security. Andy has no alternative but to park his motorbike behind his house out of earshot of the alarm, so the Text-Alert gives him extra peace of mind.
TG21, the parent company of Datatool, has just completed a £1/2 million upgrade of its London call centre. The new one hundred-seat facility was needed to match the continued expansion of the business.
The Snitcher will send a text message to the owner’s mobile in the event of the vehicle being tampered with. What makes the Snitcher unique is that it uses a modem, rather than a cell ‘phone, to make the call. This has two major advantages over previous text alert systems; firstly, it is compact and easy to fit (just three wires to connect) and secondly it uses minimal current draw, at just 1mA, so it won’t put excessive strain on the battery.