An attempted theft last night

[DaveM]

Well that is a point but I suppose it will still alert you to your own alarm

 

[Rocky]

Around here security specialist have been telling people to drop the horns, whistles and other "normal" noise makers. Too many people accidentally set them off due to being too sensitive. They say if you want someone to respond to "YOUR" alarm change the noise maker to a recorded voice . . . "Help!!! My trucks on fire!!!" You will get the attention of others and you will get help. It sounds funny but I know I hear so many false alarms that I now pretty much ignore them in parking lots and such locations. Now if I heard it around the house from a neighbors car it would get my attention with the horn since we never hear them around here.

It's pretty much the same around here - many false alarms, but usually only during the day.
But when the car alarm went off at 3:30 AM I knew something was up.

 

[CarlS]

Around here security specialist have been telling people to drop the horns, whistles and other "normal" noise makers. Too many people accidentally set them off due to being too sensitive. They say if you want someone to respond to "YOUR" alarm change the noise maker to a recorded voice . . . "Help!!! My trucks on fire!!!" You will get the attention of others and you will get help. It sounds funny but I know I hear so many false alarms that I now pretty much ignore them in parking lots and such locations. Now if I heard it around the house from a neighbors car it would get my attention with the horn since we never hear them around here.

I agree. I hear car alarms daily. If I am outside, I do look around; but generally, I ignore them. My truck has an alarm and I have set it off accidentally a couple of times.

For those of you old enough to remember cars in 1950's, Chevrolets used to have have an ignition feature where you could leave the ignition unlocked and then you would not have to have the key to start it. I rarely carried my key of my '56. I never locked it; I don't even know if the door locks worked.

 

[Rocky]

I agree. I hear car alarms daily. If I am outside, I do look around; but generally, I ignore them. My truck has an alarm and I have set it off accidentally a couple of times.

For those of you old enough to remember cars in 1950's, Chevrolets used to have have an ignition feature where you could leave the ignition unlocked and then you would not have to have the key to start it. I rarely carried my key of my '56. I never locked it; I don't even know if the door locks worked.

Yes, those were the good old days weren't they!!

 

[CarlS]

Yes, they were and I am so glad I grew up in that era.