Patent ID: 8334761

Claim:
A vehicle adapted for receipt of a signal from a remote location to remotely control the vehicles' stall-to-stop means or vehicle slowdown means, comprising: at least one of a brake, a foot peddle, a light, a speed control, an ignition system, a steering wheel, a transmission, a fuel system, and a motor; an electrical system in electrical communication with at least one of the brake, the foot peddle, the light, the speed control, the ignition system, the steering wheel, the transmission, the fuel system, and the motor; a computer system in signal transmission communication with at least one of the brake, the foot peddle, the light, the speed control, the ignition system, the steering wheel, the transmission, the fuel system, and the motor; a receiver in electrical communication with the electrical system and adapted to receive at least one control signal from a remote location to activate a stall-to-stop means or vehicle slowdown means; a receiver in computer communication with the computer system and adapted to receive at least one control signal from a remote location to activate a stall-to-stop means or vehicle slowdown means; and wherein the at least one control signal is communicated from the receiver to the electrical system or the computer system to control at least one of the brake, the foot peddle, the light, the speed control, the ignition system, the steering wheel, the transmission, the fuel system, and the motor; wherein a user determines that the vehicle has been stolen and in response initiates a distress signal communication over a communication network that causes communication between the vehicle and the remote location and that then causes the at least one control signal to be sent from the remote location via the communication network that includes at least one of a cell phone tower and a satellite.