There's nothing like a good old heist movie to give you high-speed, gravity-defying, impossible thrills—all from the comfort of your couch.
But if you dig into the plot of these movies, they could be thwarted by one thing—a GPS tracking device. With one small GPS tracker, the assets could be tracked and located easily, and the thieves be taken down faster than you can say payday. Here’s how GPS asset tracking could ruin some of your favorite heist movies.
With 13 movies out so far, the billion-dollar movie franchise The Fast & Furious has led to some high-octane thrills, a lot of car crashes and major bank at the box office. But it all started with the 2001 hit, The Fast and the Furious. In this movie, LAPD officer Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) goes undercover to arrest a crew of carjackers, led by Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel).
The crew hijacks cargo trucks carrying expensive electronics by day and race stolen cars by night. If Dom and his crew stole cars with GPS vehicle trackers, the owner could use GPS asset tracking to find their car in real-time.
But the crew makes most of their money by stealing cargo trucks that are on their way to deliveries. Using GPS cargo tracking, the cargo company could easily locate the stolen truck and all the goods. A few small GPS trackers hidden in the truck and on the cargo would allow them to find both if they were stolen. The crew from the original movie would get arrested, leaving them unavailable to make billions more in the sequels.
In Gone in 60 Seconds, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage) is a reformed car thief who must steal 50 high-end cars in 72 hours to save his brother. These cars are protected by a transponder key, an electronic security device that doesn’t allow the engine to start unless you have the right key. Memphis gets a key to help steal the vehicles.
But if the cars were equipped with hidden GPS vehicle trackers, the owners could easily get their cars back. Using the GPS tracking devices, they could alert the police to find the cars’ locations.
Ocean’s 11 is a star-studded heist movie with one of the greatest casino break-ins of all time. Danny Ocean (George Clooney), fresh out of prison, assembles a crew of 11 to rob the casino vault of his enemy.
As part of an elaborate scheme, Danny makes the casino owner think he’s gotten inside the vault and threatens to blow it up if he doesn’t give them half the money. Casino personnel take bags to a waiting van, and Danny’s crew drives away with it. But it’s all a crazy fake out, the footage is from an imitation vault made to look like the casino vault. Instead, the crew comes in posing as a SWAT team to secure the vault, but they clear it out and get away with the cash.
But one small GPS tracker could have ruined the plot. If the casino had mini GPS trackers buried inside the stacks of cash, they would have always known where their money was. Once they realized they’d been conned, they could have tracked the location of the money, gotten the cash back and sent Danny and his crew to the slammer.
While heists are fun to watch on TV, having your expensive assets stolen in real life can have life-alerting implications. That’s why you need PassTime’s GPS tracking. With multiple solution options, easy-to-use GPS tracking apps, you always know where your assets are, whether they’re sitting on your lot, are on the road or are involved in a high-speed chase on the interstate. InTouch VP which utilizes our battery-powered device, Encore, provides easy, long-lasting tracking capabilities. Its compact design allows it to be hidden away, so thieves don’t even know it’s there.
Our GPS asset tracking app, InTouch VP, makes keeping tabs on your assets simple and reliable. Plus, enjoy the extra value you gain with our advanced technology, device reliability and exceptional customer service.
Check out some of the features PassTime offers when it comes to reliable GPS asset tracking:
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