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Car alarm ban in new models seems like a no-brainer. They create a nuisance and don't even work as intended. There are so many silent ways to notify the owner o
by hot_gril 4y ago
Car alarm ban in new models seems like a no-brainer. They create a nuisance and don't even work as intended. There are so many silent ways to notify the owner of potential theft. I don't mean with fancy smartphone stuff necessarily, I mean via the RF key fob everyone already carries. Some vibrate.
What's funny is CA outlawed ICE cars by whatever year but didn't touch car alarms. And a while back they mandated that truck reverse beepers be even louder than elsewhere, which is a trickier situation than car alarms, but I've noticed Amazon vans with white noise reverse sounds that do the job well.
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoAll the keyfobs I've seen are purely one way. I can believe there are keyfobs with RF receivers for some newer/fancier vehicles. I've just never seen one.
- hot_gril 4y agoSame. The carmakers just don't care I guess.
- standardUser 4y agoI hope they ban clickers that use the actual car horn instead of a mild beep (or even better, haptic feedback!). The noise we use to say "yes, the door is locked" should not be the same noise we use to say "WATCH OUT OR WE MIGHT DIE!"
- hot_gril 4y agoYeah, that ticks me off too. In any big apartment complex, there is constant honking from these, and it's totally unnecessary.