The most common areas targeted by kill switches include the fuel system, battery, ignition, and fuse box, all of which are manually activated by the owner when the vehicle is not in use.

the simple kill switch, which prevents a vehicle from starting regardless of what destruction thieves inflict upon the ignition switch and/or steering-column locking mechanism. Murilee Martin I ...

Ignition interlock devices ... driver surveillance and automotive kill switches irrelevant. OEMs are already installing the applicable hardware into modern vehicles and could presumably adapt ...

Q: With all the talk about Hyundai and Kia thefts, can these new cars be fitted with an old-fashioned kill switch? A: You can install a kill-switch and wire it into ...

The “opto-coupled gas engine kill switch” will allow you to safely and remotely shutdown your electronic ignition equipped engine at any time (ground airborne) from your RC transmitter if a spare RC ...

Check out T-H Marine’s Saf-T-Stop Kill Switches ($37, thmarinesupplies.com) and the Sierra Emergency CutOff Switch with Coiled Lanyard ($26.99, westmarine.com). Installation is typically easy for any ...

“What a kill switch does is, once you put your key in the ignition, it’s not going to start the vehicle,” he said. “There is a button hidden somewhere. Sometimes people hook it up to ...

Most modern motorcycles come with a kill switch already installed, but if yours doesn’t you might want to get one. Kill switches are one of the most effective ways of preventing theft. Here’s how they ...

Even if it is, the split-second reaction time required in emergency situations makes it dangerous to rely solely on an ignition key to power down a motorcycle. That's where the kill switch comes ...

Police recommend motorists install a security alarm and ignition kill switch. They also encourage motorists to invest in some kind of GPS tracker or consider an old-school steering wheel lock.