Install an antitheft device or system on your vehicle as an extra deterrent measure.

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Petra Hygienic Systems International, a Toronto-based firm, sells an antitheft system that tags towels like clothing in a retail shop.

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Better antitheft protection is something you don't think about.

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Police said the decisive break came Tuesday, when a motorcycle dealer contacted them to say a man had recently come to his shop to ask about ways of disconnecting the antitheft tracking device on TMAX scooters.

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