Not true. It's all about tracking your driving patterns.
No it's not. Yet.
There is no direct comparison with road insurance issues between the UK and USA. Most if not all of the 'tracking' software is to do with theft recovery, but they have been toying with the idea of road pricing for some time, and this will be a major issue in the years to come. Quite simply, we are almost at gridlock.
Behavioural driving is a bit further down the road but it's essentially the same software.
Brett is quite correct 90% of the high value cars do not go to 'chop shops' as in the USA but into containers within hours and shipped to the Middle East and Russia.
We also have a massive 'Twocking' problem which is not so much vehicle theft (an attempt to permanently deprive the rightful owner of his poroperty) but 'Taking Without Owners Consent' or 'Joyriding' as it used to be.
This is a far bigger problem in the UK where 1 vehicle is stolen every 34 seconds.
This is the list of most stolen vehicles in the UK.
1) Ford Transit
2) Vauxhall Astra
3) Ford Fiesta
4) Volkswagen Golf
5) Vauxhall Corsa
6) BMW 3 Series
7) Ford Focus
8) Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
9) Ford Mondeo
10) Honda Civic
Only one could be said to be a possible stolen-to-order item. The rest are youngsters cars, workmens vehicles with high dollar tools and equipment, or just plain easy to steal to get home after the last bus has gone.
And if you think that acerbic comments concerning the habits and customs of another country during a general discussion is valid Mr Beer, I would point out that the insurance premiums in the UK also rose exponentially with the introduction of that quaint American custom of punitive litigation following a minor road shunt, backed by thousands of barely qualified ambulance chasing 'contingency' lawyers, of whom, I am quite sure you are very familiar in your own back yard.
I get whiplash just thinking about it.
I would also pose you a question: Why is it that US trucking companies refused to fit anti jacknife hardware to their trucks for many many years even though it was cheaply available?