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Carjacking Countermeasures

Taking it to the Extreme

f you happen to drive a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 and your last name is Bond, your solution to carjacking is simple: a hidden button that fires a passenger ejector seat, as immortalized in the classic film. While that may seem crazy, technology-based countermeasures to the carjacking threat aren’t far behind that Hollywood gadget. Some, in fact, may have outdone it.

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