| Vehicle hijacking is an extremely important problem for many countries. A million and a half cars are hijacked in America every year - their cost, 6 to 8 billion dollars. About 500 thousand are hijacked in Great Britain; in Italy, 300 thousand light vehicles alone, etc. In Europe, about 20 thousand heavy-load vehicles are hijacked along with expensive goods annually. A vehicle is hijacked every 10.5 sec somewhere in the world, or about 3 million each year. At the same time, if the expenses borne by insurance companies, the time and money spent searching for stolen vehicles, and the trouble inflicted on vehicle owners are considered, it becomes clear that today this a problem that stands out among problems.
A fundamentally new approach to the solution of this problem is offered. It is necessary for this purpose to assign the driver's seat a protective function. The inventions I am offering solve this problem by the rearward tilting of the driver's seat, which is fitted with a pivot connection of its rear supports with the body, and by its immobilization in that position. As a result, the inclined cushion of the driver's seat blocks access to the driver's seat, and the rearward-tilted backrest blocks access to the rear seat. |