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The Word Is Out…Yes They Can! Theft of every variety is on the rise. Auto theft is growing exponentially in terms of the volume of stolen vehicles and how sophisticated thieves have become. This same trend has unfortunately moved into trailer and RV spaces as well. Trailers and RVs are getting stolen by the dozens every day.  A new WhereSafe GPS client, Kelley from Seattle, told us her story about her RV being stolen from a ‘Secure Storage Facility’. Unfortunately, this is a story that’s all too common. It’s not that storage facilities are not secure, often they are, it’s...

Portable GPS Trackers Do you have multiple cars, or a boat or RV or ATV or trailer? If so, a portable, rechargeable GPS tracker might be best for you. These GPS devices can be moved from vehicle to vehicle and even put into the knapsack of a child or on the belt of a senior.  WhereSafe offer 3 Portable Rechargeable GPS Trackers:  MagTracker The WhereSafe MagTracker or Magnetic GPS tracker, is battery powered and can last up to 6 weeks on a single charge. Its strong built-in magnets allow it to be easily installed onto any magnetic surface or the...

All the way from Circuit Zolder, in Belgium, WhereSafe's newest partner Ellysium Racing, has put together a slick new video to illustrate WhereSafe's Ride Monitor feature.  To do so, the race team placed a MagTracker into race car driver Ellis Spiezia's ERA Electric Formula Car and Ford Fiesta Cup car.  (Image Caption: Ellis Spiezia's ERA Electric Formula Car) The idea was so that Team Principal (and mother of Ellis), Michelle Spiezia, could monitor how fast her son was driving in real-time at high rates of speed. The Ride Monitor feature which tracks speed and provides email, SMS or push alerts...

PJ Trailers, a WhereSafe GPS dealer, recently has assets stolen directly from their yard. The manufacturer of dump, enclosed, flat bet, tilt bed and utility trailers, had a $50,000 heavy duty pick-up truck and a $10,000 14 ft PJ dump trailer stolen from their Leamington, Ontario location, in early June 2022. Thieves took about three minutes to break into the yard through the main gate after 11 PM. The criminals cased the lot for another 15 minutes choosing their targets. The dually pick-up was broken into and once running was driven over to the dump trailer where they hooked it up and drove off. At...

We are hearing about the theft of cars, trucks, SUVs, trailers, RVs, boats, power sports equipment, and more, on a daily basis. Of late, specifically in the Greater Toronto Area, news has been covering a rash of violent carjackings and auto thefts, as reported in a recent CBC story. That report stated that  “Carjacking numbers have surged in the GTA this year (2022), with the number of vehicle robberies already set to outpace 2021 just halfway through the year.” At the time this was written, over the past 30 days, in fact, 404 cars have been stolen from Mississauga and...