'immobilizer' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You use 'immobilizer' to describe a device that is designed to prevent a car or other vehicle from being moved or started without a key or other correct authorization. For example: "The car's immobilizer would not let me start the engine without the correct key."
The report also notes that silent car alarms are effective and available: an "immobilizer" that requires you to have a special key to start the car, a pager that alerts the owner, and only the owner, that his car is in distress.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau emphasizes the value of locks as an antitheft measure, an extension of common-sense precautions, while an electronic immobilizer is only a third-layer defense.
The industry group noted that while the Escalade was equipped with ignition immobilizer technology, thieves could still haul the luxury S.U.V.'s away on flatbed trucks.
"We thought that the most important way to keep people safe was the hardware in the car and the immobilizer and the G.P.S".
Unless the correct code is present, the immobilizer prevents the fuel pump from operating, which makes the engine run out of fuel in a few blocks.
PAGE C1 Security System Unlocked Researchers at Johns Hopkins cracked the code used by a chip-based "immobilizer" car-key security system, raising questions about a variety of systems that rely on similar technology.
People worried about protecting their cars can buy what are called silent engine immobilizers.
In May 2000, it hired OptiMetrics Inc., a Michigan company, to investigate chemical immobilizers.
Studies by the Highway Loss Data Institute show that immobilizers have slashed theft rates for certain models by as much as 50percentt.
Dr. Hubbard said studies had shown that one of the most effective immobilizers is the AirCast Air-Stirrup ankle brace.
And as the systems become more pervasive, their key-chain controllers are adding new antitheft and convenience measures, including immobilizers and keyless ignition systems.
