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ATVs -- Easy Targets for Thieves.


All-terrain vehicles are popular targets for thieves. In the US, the FBI reported that a powersport vehicle (ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum.

(2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads.
, snowmobile, motorcycle) is stolen every 8.5 minutes. In the UK, ATVs are ten times more likely to be stolen than a tractor, according to according to
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 a report from NFU Mutual The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited, better known as NFU Mutual, is an insurance company in the UK. It is a mutual company, owned by its policyholders rather than by shareholders, and deals in both life and general insurance.  in Farmers Weekly.

Without cabs, the ignition system and controls of an ATV are easily accessible, making it easy to "hot wire" the engine. Because they are relatively small and lightweight, they can be easily lifted into the back of a truck or van. Unfortunately, some stolen ATVs are simply driven away because the keys were left in the ignition or in an obvious hiding place.

ATV users should be security conscious in locking or protecting their vehicles. NFU NFU National Farmers Union (Denver, CO and Washington, DC)
NFU National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales
NFU No First Use
NFU Norwegian Farmers' Union
NFU North Florida University
 suggests locking the ATV in a shed, getting it out of sight and removing the ignition key.

Security lights and alarms can provide a deterrent if the ATV is in an environment that is not too remote. Microchips installed on the ATV can also be a deterrent, if people know the identification is installed, and they offer some hope of recovering stolen vehicles. One security company recommends applying up to 100 or more micro dots of information on various parts of the machine so that even scavenged parts can be identified.

Several companies are providing more physical means of protecting ATVs from theft. Some of the more common devices are padlocks which connect the wheel hub to an anchor bolt, hardened chains and wheel clamps that fit snugly around an ATV wheel. Another device roots an ATY ATY Air Textured Yarn (textile)
ATY Watertown, SD, USA (Airport Code)
ATY After-Tax Yield
 to the spot by using two thick steel arms secured at one end into a base set in concrete and fastened at the other end to the quad's rear axle.

Kryptonite Corporation suggests maximum security from ride-away, roll-away and lift-away theft by securing an ATV with its New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Noose, a heavy-duty chain, to the Stronghold Security Anchor, a permanent/fixed anchor ring.

Dealers and suppliers who get inquiries about ignition repairs or replacement components should be suspicious as to ownership. Some manufacturers are building vehicles with anti-hot wire devices which make the ignition system inoperable inoperable /in·op·er·a·ble/ (in-op´er-ah-b'l) not susceptible to treatment by surgery.

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adj.
Unsuitable for a surgical procedure.
, so thieves may seek help in repairing them. (Some of this information was summarized from the article, "Don't let 'em nab your quad too easily..." in Farmers Weekly, a UK publication.)
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