That's because General Motors is getting set to rollout a feature for OnStar, its in-vehicle security service, called Stolen Vehicle Slowdown for literally stopping car thieves in their tracks.

"It's an enhancement to our Stolen Vehicle Location Assistance Service, where we can actually help you locate your vehicle if it's ever stolen using the GPS system in the OnStar system," said Cristi Vazquez of OnStar by GM. "This takes it a step further. Once the police have the vehicle in sight and there's been a stolen vehicle report filed, we'll actually be able to slow the vehicle down once the police tell us it's safe to do so."

There are a couple factors involved with the timing. First off, it may take car owners awhile to realize their vehicle has been stolen. Then, it might take police a bit of time to track it down through the GPS, but once they do find it, OnStar insists it takes just a few seconds to slow the car.

"Once the vehicle has been located, we will actually, once police have the vehicle in sight, we'll flash the lights just to show everybody we're all talking about the same white Tahoe that's driving down the road," explained Vazquez. "Once we flash the lights and the police tell us it's safe to slow down the vehicle, the advisor will then send a signal to the vehicle that'll limit the fuel flow to the engine and actually slow the vehicle down to idle speed, which is usually about three to five miles an hour. You pump the gas, you can still steer, and you can still break, but it's not going to go any faster than idle speed."

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Car owners though can choose to disable the feature if they'd rather just give their cars their 15 minutes of fame.