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Anyone with a car alarm enabled in a city is just straight up rude and inconsiderate. I can't imagine the mindset involved for someone to put a device outside s

Anyone with a car alarm enabled in a city is just straight up rude and inconsiderate. I can't imagine the mindset involved for someone to put a device outside someone's bedroom window that will somewhat randomly start blasting loud sounds at all hours of the night. I'd support legislation making it illegal. Why are car alarms exempt from noise ordinances?

6nf 6y ago
I think there are some laws - you're not allowed to have an alarm that wails for hours on end for example, it's gotta stop in a few minutes.
- coding123 6y ago
  Even if it goes off for 1 second it basically ruins sleep.
  - ikiris 6y ago
    You can always vote in someone who believes in basic policing
- treeman79 6y ago
  Marched in a band. We set off so many car alarms during practice. Have also seen two cars next to each other that keep setting each other off. That was not a fun night.
nefitty 6y ago
Imagine this, but coming from an industrial building. During the lockdown, it seems like the office space across the street from my house lacked maintenance/security people. There were times when an alarm at the building would go off, and literally stay on for a day or more. Maybe they forgot to pay their ADT bill...
- thewebcount 6y ago
  This happens to houses in my area all the time. Either the owner is on vacation, or has moved out, but it hasn't sold or the new owner hasn't moved in, and some alarm or other starts going off. Sometimes it's the annoying smoke alarm "replace the battery beep" once per minute. Sometimes it's something more annoying. I usually call the police or fire department and let them know. That's the only way I've found to make it stop.
  - brewdad 6y ago
    How poorly built are the houses near you if you can hear the "replace the battery" beep from a home that is closed up while an owner is on vacation?
    - asdff 6y ago
      Where do you live? Among granite castles? Smoke alarms are loud. Sometimes I can hear one go off three houses down. American houses are not very sound proof.
      - namdnay 6y ago
        The “battery down” beep isn’t usually the same as the alarm in my experience
    - mjevans 6y ago
      America. There aren't sane minimums to the building code here. If you're lucky enough to be in a state ravaged by earthquakes the minimums require it to not fall over during one but still don't properly address acoustic isolation.
unit_circle 6y ago
I live in a city and also own a converted van. The van typically has little of value inside it unless I am traveling. This van has an aftermarket alarm. I had this alarm installed after a nasty break-in in Vancouver BC which reminded me never to leave nice things in a vehicle. It makes some noise itself, but also comes with a fob and app that both also make noise. It has served me on at least one occasion where someone opened a door to nose around. I was alerted and ran outside to check on the vehicle but they had taken off. This alarm also caused someone who was walking their dog to walk over to investigate, though the potential thief took off even before they got there. They could have taken my registration papers or the cheap / second hand cookware, stove etc. Which would have been a pain and cost not a lot, but some money to replace. I don't have room in my apartment for all of these items, so I rely on the alarm to keep my things safe. Especially when I am out of town without my van. The article does mention valuables as a special case, but I would like to highlight this case and argue that these "valuables" are part and parcel to the function of this vehicle and that it's not practical for me to remove them, making the alarm essential to the vehicle's operation. However, I do agree with the sentiment that most shock/vibration/etc. Sensors should not trigger an audible alarm. The only really useful trigger is a door opening. I'm not sure this is necessarily true, but is definitely true of the aftermarket alarm options on the market when I wash shopping for an alarm. I'll also add as a final note that the police (both in Vancouver and where I live) will simply not help you recover stolen property and are 100% useless as far as property crime goes. They are either too busy or too apathetic. For items like what I have in my van it is of course not really worth their time, but I've also had a motorcycle stolen _which was driving around with my plates for over a year before it was *crashed*_. As a citizen I am definitely on my own with this stuff which is a good lesson to learn while you have insurance.
- bhandziuk 6y ago
  It'd be cool if the alarm turned on the stereo with a loop that says (loud enough for the thief to hear but not loud enough to be obnoxious to other people) "The owner is being notified you're in their van" (or to that effect).
  - unit_circle 6y ago
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6nf 6y ago

I think there are some laws - you're not allowed to have an alarm that wails for hours on end for example, it's gotta stop in a few minutes.

coding123 6y ago
Even if it goes off for 1 second it basically ruins sleep.
- ikiris 6y ago
  You can always vote in someone who believes in basic policing
treeman79 6y ago
Marched in a band. We set off so many car alarms during practice. Have also seen two cars next to each other that keep setting each other off. That was not a fun night.

nefitty 6y ago

Imagine this, but coming from an industrial building. During the lockdown, it seems like the office space across the street from my house lacked maintenance/security people. There were times when an alarm at the building would go off, and literally stay on for a day or more. Maybe they forgot to pay their ADT bill...

thewebcount 6y ago
This happens to houses in my area all the time. Either the owner is on vacation, or has moved out, but it hasn't sold or the new owner hasn't moved in, and some alarm or other starts going off. Sometimes it's the annoying smoke alarm "replace the battery beep" once per minute. Sometimes it's something more annoying. I usually call the police or fire department and let them know. That's the only way I've found to make it stop.
- brewdad 6y ago
  How poorly built are the houses near you if you can hear the "replace the battery" beep from a home that is closed up while an owner is on vacation?
  - asdff 6y ago
    Where do you live? Among granite castles? Smoke alarms are loud. Sometimes I can hear one go off three houses down. American houses are not very sound proof.
    - namdnay 6y ago
      The “battery down” beep isn’t usually the same as the alarm in my experience
  - mjevans 6y ago
    America. There aren't sane minimums to the building code here. If you're lucky enough to be in a state ravaged by earthquakes the minimums require it to not fall over during one but still don't properly address acoustic isolation.

unit_circle 6y ago

I live in a city and also own a converted van. The van typically has little of value inside it unless I am traveling. This van has an aftermarket alarm. I had this alarm installed after a nasty break-in in Vancouver BC which reminded me never to leave nice things in a vehicle. It makes some noise itself, but also comes with a fob and app that both also make noise. It has served me on at least one occasion where someone opened a door to nose around. I was alerted and ran outside to check on the vehicle but they had taken off. This alarm also caused someone who was walking their dog to walk over to investigate, though the potential thief took off even before they got there. They could have taken my registration papers or the cheap / second hand cookware, stove etc. Which would have been a pain and cost not a lot, but some money to replace. I don't have room in my apartment for all of these items, so I rely on the alarm to keep my things safe. Especially when I am out of town without my van. The article does mention valuables as a special case, but I would like to highlight this case and argue that these "valuables" are part and parcel to the function of this vehicle and that it's not practical for me to remove them, making the alarm essential to the vehicle's operation. However, I do agree with the sentiment that most shock/vibration/etc. Sensors should not trigger an audible alarm. The only really useful trigger is a door opening. I'm not sure this is necessarily true, but is definitely true of the aftermarket alarm options on the market when I wash shopping for an alarm. I'll also add as a final note that the police (both in Vancouver and where I live) will simply not help you recover stolen property and are 100% useless as far as property crime goes. They are either too busy or too apathetic. For items like what I have in my van it is of course not really worth their time, but I've also had a motorcycle stolen _which was driving around with my plates for over a year before it was *crashed*_. As a citizen I am definitely on my own with this stuff which is a good lesson to learn while you have insurance.

bhandziuk 6y ago
It'd be cool if the alarm turned on the stereo with a loop that says (loud enough for the thief to hear but not loud enough to be obnoxious to other people) "The owner is being notified you're in their van" (or to that effect).
- unit_circle 6y ago

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