At a high-end apartment building in Chicago, two luxury vehicles were stolen within a week. The escape was easy; the thieves simply lifted the wooden arms of the gate and got away.
After these thefts, the building owner bought a Roadshark electric SME system and connected it to his card reader and gate arm. Now, if a vehicle does not present a valid card, the blades stay up and the vehicle cannot leave. In 8 months since integrating the Roadshark system they have not had any vehicles stolen.