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I wish they’d make car alarms illegal. afaict they do nothing. no one looks. It does not stop car theft or breakins. all it does ruin everyone’s sleep. Especia
by socalgal2 1y ago
I wish they’d make car alarms illegal. afaict they do nothing. no one looks. It does not stop car theft or breakins. all it does ruin everyone’s sleep.
Especially in 2025, if you want to know if your car is being whatever triggers an alarm then have it send you a message that only bothers you and not several hundred other people.
There is your new startup idea for ycombinator. car alarm app with optional $$$ track down service :p
- esseph 1y agoI promise you there are still plenty of places where if a car alarm goes off, that people are paying attention.
- socalgal2 1y agoI promise you there are not. In fact, I'll challenge you to find some data supporting your promise. I can't find any. I find some that says steering wheel locks work. I find some that says stuff that shuts off the car works. But none that finds that alarms do anything. "Highway Loss Data Institute studies show no overall reduction in theft losses for vehicles with alarms" (from 74 million car insurance data) https://web.archive.org/web/20040804022308/http://www.silentmajorityny.org/links/hldi-article.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20040804022308/http://www.silent... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/car-alarms-dont-work-why-so-common/482769/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/car-ala...
- esseph 1y agoIt would be the loudest thing around me for 25 miles. One of us would either knock on the door of the place until the owner came out, or somebody would shoot the car until it stopped making noise. A car alarm in my environment would be an anomaly, not the norm.