Vehicles registered after 1 July 2011 will have to be marked with microdots
Newly proposed legislation is aimed at preventing vehicle loss from theft and hijacking. This legislation that would require newly registered vehicles to be marked with microdots might prove to be a deterrent to vehicle thieves in South Africa!
What are these proposed amendments?
Draft Amendment 19 is published in Government Gazette 33979 of 1 February 2011- It deals with SAP clearance documents and the marking of new vehicles after 1 July 2011 with microdots. The amendment is out for comment until 1 March 2011.
What is Data Dot Technology?
Data Dot technology is a passive anti-theft security system which is supported by insurers and is applied as spray film invisible to the eye over the entire vehicle. This technology can be described as a simple and effective theft deterrent system. Based on the reliable identification of key component parts of the vehicle, the vehicle is of reduced value to a professional thief. The thief is only interested in vehicles where they can easily change their identity or strip for parts.
The spray contains millions of dots, each smaller than a grain of sand, which are etched by laser with a unique alpha-numeric code (which can be fully customised). This code can only be read with a special scanner that utilises a strong UV magnifier to read the code.
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