Having your car towed, especially involuntarily, can cause you to feel a huge amount of loss, anger, disappointment and frustration. Going to the tow company to get your vehicle back will cost you quite a bit of money and arguing that you weren’t parked on the wrong place has no bearing once the car is on the truck. Many times the concern you have for your car once it’s been towed is the condition it will be returned to you in and the damage the tow truck could do to your beloved ride.

The video below shows an impressive tow truck that’s capable of picking up a car in under a minute and appears to be built to avoid damaging the car in any way. That’s certainly one impressive tow truck that can really get the job done, but other than a tow company who is able to get their hands on this tow truck? Does this mean you’ll come out of your house one day and your car won’t be there because a highly efficient tow truck took your vehicle and drove off? That’s certainly a possibility.

As bad as it seems car theft has gotten the fact is this type of tow truck could be the perfect tool to make it explode into numbers we’ve never seen. There are more new cars being sold each year now than there ever was, and that should mean car theft is going to increase as well, but aren’t the electronic devices supposed to help us avoid our vehicles being stolen? In most cases the answer is “yes” your vehicle is more secure with the technology installed now than it was previously, but there are some ways that thieves are able to take your vehicle from you.

Imagine this scenario, not only does a thief have one of these super-efficient tow trucks to pick up and take off with your vehicle, but they have the electronic devices needed to capture your key fob codes and operate your vehicle. Now all they have to do is drive up in the tow truck and take your vehicle away to a remote location where they can reprogram a key fob for your vehicle at their leisure. During the loading no one will stop them because vehicles get towed all the time, which only makes it simpler for them to pick up and take off with your vehicle.

As you can see in this video, this new tow truck acts like a pair of forklifts with extendable arms to pick up your vehicle from around the tires right under the car. This would appear to be the least intrusive way to pick up a vehicle and drive away and it only takes a few seconds for the truck to load and go with a vehicle on the bed. This is an awesome new tow truck for tow companies, but it could be costly if it happens to fall into the wrong hands.