As is probably pretty clear from the name, slam locks are a type of vehicle locking product that lock the doors automatically when they’re closed. Because they lock the doors automatically on closing, it means that this is no longer down to whether the driver remembers to or not.
Cargo crime is costing a fortune in the European Union. The EU’s statistics tells us that European businesses are being hit with a bill of eight and a half billion Euros every single year. Many of the offences taking place on the roads of Europe are being carried out by criminal gangs who are well organised and know the transport routes well.
Logistics vehicles are rather an attractive target for criminals. Not only are they road vehicles, making them much easier to access than ships or trains, but the drivers are often on long distance journeys involving frequent stops, rests and even overnight sleeps in their vehicle. This makes them a particularly easy target comparatively speaking. And of course, the major draw is that they carry large quantities of valuable goods, anything from electrical to clothing. This means a potentially large financial gain for criminals making those vehicles their target.
Slam locks mean that every single time a driver leaves the vehicle and closes the door, the doors lock. This prevents the potential element of human error through a driver simply “forgetting” to lock the door when he stops for a break at services or to unload the vehicle.
This type of locking solution is probably really a minimum requirement in order to minimise the risk of theft from a commercial transporting vehicle. There are now so many other advanced security measures on the market, such as alarm systems and immobilisers and they’re all there with to protect against the very real threat of cargo crime. It seems, to a degree, almost unfair that a company or individual should have to invest so heavily just to prevent criminals from striking, but with the potential cost of a theft from a transport vehicle, it’s often money well spent.
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