Nearly had the car stolen last week. The police said the guys must have been scared away because judging by the damage they were moments away from taking it. The police said electronic alarms don't work, no matter what. Best to get some sort of mechanical deterrent. Any comments welcome on what I can to do secure my car. All the advertising recommends the best electronic gadgets around. Am dubious as they cost a lot and the police said they don't work.
2007-08-12 22:36:58 · 0 answers · asked by Bryn H 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Just make sure your car has an immobiliser, that'll stop them from jump starting it.
Alarms usually aren't all that good since most people have gotten into the habit of just ignoring them (so if someone tries to steal your car and the alarm goes off everyone who hears it is just going to think it's another screwed up car alarm).
2007-08-12 23:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How Car Alarms Work
2016-10-31 21:37:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been in a parking lot and heard someones car alarm going off? Did you run over there to investigate? Did the police show up in a matter of minutes? Did anyone notify 911? They do not work because they are mostly ignored by people who hear them going off. They are useful in getting lower insurance rates and might scare off an amateur but a pro will just steal your noisemaking car and drive off. The best security devices are the ones that locate your car once it is stolen or on-star who always know where your car is but they are installed somehow and can be removed just as well by someone who knows how. Keep the doors locked and park it in a secure garage.
2007-08-12 22:57:44 · answer #3 · answered by Robert P 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once a matter of debate, the evidence is now clear: car alarms, for all their sound and fury, do nothing whatever to stop car theft or theft from within cars. "Car alarms are a terrible urban blight with obvious social costs - noise pollution, increased stress, wasted police manpower dealing with broken alarms - and it's not clear there are any benefits in return, "No study has demonstrated that they reduce auto theft."
2007-08-15 06:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think the alarms deter the jackers. however, a security system that wont let the car be started without a key is a pretty good deterent. maybe some day in the future they will design an alarm that automatically calls the police if the car is tampered with.
2016-03-16 22:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
car alarms are to offen heard so everyone ignores them get a device that screams help. or they offer an alarm that pages you when your car is being broken into also their is an arlam out their that calls your cell phone .
2007-08-16 16:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by dealer fleet service manager 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget about all that stuff. I used to take out a few fuses from the car (like fuel pump fuse or headlights and tail lights...). Let the SOBs get that car running now. The only thing is I don't know if you can do that with all cars.
2007-08-12 22:46:07 · answer #7 · answered by Mr_realist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋