An engineering student has come up with a bike lock that emits a foul smell when it gets stolen. — AFP
Could a smell so awful it’s intolerable be a more effective deterrent than any conventional anti-theft device?
Every year in France, between 400,000 and 580,000 bicycles are stolen, according to various surveys carried out in recent years by the French Ministry of Transport and declarations made to insurers. Faced with this scourge, a young French chemical engineering student, Aïko Leroux, has launched a novel innovation: a bike lock that emits a foul smell in the event of a theft attempt.
