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A bicycle is stolen every minute in France on average, which represents around 400,000 bikes in one year. To overcome this scourge, there are now tracers to find them, thanks to a live alert on your phone.
A miraculous bike thanks to a very small well hidden case: a tracker, bought around thirty euros. He allows Alexandre Taillez, cyclist, to geolocate his bike on his phone. A tool that has proven its effectiveness. A few months ago, the cyclist discovers upon waking that His bike has disappeared. Very quickly, thanks to the hidden tracker, he tries to find him. The concealed tool sends a signal that allows you to detect its position. The owner is then warned directly on his phone via the application.
Alexandre, from Lille, notes that his bike was moved to Tourcoing, about fifteen kilometers from his home. Thanks to the location, he knows himself a few meters from the stolen bicycle. “”I watch my phone to try to find my bike and I see that it is not accessible in the street, but certainly in a house around me“Explains the cyclist. He then prefers to call the police who manage to recover his bike, as well as a dozen others in the thief's home.
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