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I was out washing my car yesterday morning on a quiet residential street (parallel parked at the curb) and a pickup truck was parked at the next spot behind min

I was out washing my car yesterday morning on a quiet residential street (parallel parked at the curb) and a pickup truck was parked at the next spot behind mine. Suddenly as I'm washing the rear bumper/trunk area the truck's alarm blares at my back. The neighbor across the street finally turned it off and said "oh sorry I don't even know why they have an alarm button on the key fob." I just shook my head. It's unnecessary but there really need to be better ways to handle locks. Also FWIW, not sure why the guy didn't just unlock it at the handle since he drove off anyway, instead of unlocking it all the way from the doorway of his house.

brewdad 6y ago
Some vehicles will unlock the door with the fob in your pocket when you touch the handle. Many vehicles still require you to touch an unlock button on the fob even when standing at the door. It would have made it even more awkward as the car screams at both of you though.
banana_giraffe 6y ago
Ahh yep. I call it the "idiot button", as in "I'm an idiot, I pressed this button by mistake" Ages ago, on a previous car, it was stupid easy for me to hit, for whatever reason. I got pissed off enough I ended up taking the fob apart and destroying the contact over that button. Thankfully my current car has an option to turn off the beep on lock, and doesn't have a panic button.