Having a car that takes you from poin A to B is an amazing accomplishment as it will make movement easier and faster. Buts what’s the use of the car when there are not enough adquate security features to keep you secured in terms of an attack.
There are so many car brands and models in the market. These brands and car models are eqipped with latest technologies and features such as power window, power locks, etc., to make driving safe and the owner securred.
But the question is, which of the following is not a useful vehicle feature from a security persopective?
Power locks
Air Bags/Wi-Fi Capables
Lock on gas cap
Internal hood release lever
Power windows
The correct answer is Air bags or Wi-Fi capable depending on the option you get and the reason for the answer will be explained in this article.
Which is Not a Useful Vehicle Feature From a Security Perspective?
Airbags is not a useful vehicle feature from a security perspective and the reason is because, of all the options listed above, it is only airbags that are less effective in terms of security.
The car power locks, gas cap lock, power windows, and internal hood release lever will help prevent an unathorised access to your vehicle. They make it more difficult for any terrorist to enter or break into your car.
Airbags cannot do anything in this pespective. They are just there to prevent you from slamming your head, neck, and chest on your steering wheel, dashbaord, or windshield should a crash occur. They are only designed to be used in a crash/accident.
Be that as it may, there is nothing much having Wi-Fi capable in your car can do in terms of a terrorised or security breached environment.
In an antiterrorism context, having a Wi-Fi enabled vehicle cannot help you because the essense of wifi on vehicles is to provide convinience and connectivity while enjoying and crusing your vehicle.
As a matter of fact, having a wifi capable vehicle can even aid in an attack in terms of terrorism, it exposes your car to be hacked and other cybersecuruity risks, therefore, from a security perspective, a Wi-Fi capable feature is not a useful feature from a security perspective.
Vehicle Features that are Helpful from a Security Pespective
Some vehicle features that are helpful in terms of secuirty perspective are:
1. Power Locks
Every features in a car/vehicle are important. They work for different purpose yet in different ways to ensure your safety while driving.
While power door locks will not make your car drive smoothly, it however prevents an unauthorised person from accessing your car, thereby protecting you and keeping you safe from danger.
The power lock on every vehicle’s door is there to ensure the driver or whoever is in the front seat can lock or unlock all the doors, hence, while these power locks can be found in the front seats of every car.
Nonetheless, in terms of a terrorist attact where your security is jeopadized, you can quickly use the power door lock to lock all the doors of your car, hence preventing anyone from entering into the car to attack you.
2. Power Windows
Just like the power doors, the power windows allows you to raise and lower the windows in your car by pressing a button or switch.
However, in terms of security issues, you can quickly use these power windows to raise all your windows thereby preventing an unaithorised person from accessing your vehicle.
Most morden cars comes with automatic power window whereby anytime the window power button or switch is touched, the windows raises at a go without you having to hold the power button.
This feature is amazing in terms of breach of secuirty. You can just quickly touch the button and the windows winds up automatically.
3. Lock on Gas Cap
From a security perspective, you need a locking gas cap to reduce the chances of tempering. You will not understand the importance of lock on gas cap until someone put water or something into your gas tank.
Having anything that is not gas or fuel addictives in your gas tank can terrible affect you. Imagine being in a security breached area and upon wanting to escape with you car, only to find out that your gas tank has been filled with water, it will make the car less driveable.
4. Internal Hood Release Lever
Just like having lock on your gas cap, having an internal hood release lever is an important and useful vehicle feature from a security persopective. It helps to prevent any form of tempering.
Internal hood release prevents an unathorised person from accessing the engine of your car. If an unthorised person is able to access the engine of your car in a security breached environment, he/she might disconnect your battery or do something that will stop your car from starting, hence preventing your escape.
Final Thoughts
Of all the security features in a vehicle that can help in terms of terrorist attack, having a wifi enabled vehicle will not do much in keeping you safe. In fact, it may even be used against you. Through the wifi, your car can be compromised/hacked. Imagine having a Tesla and got hacked. How are you going to use the car?