Post #249,926
3/29/06 9:04:23 PM
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Most places in the USA, the police will NOT help
They will come for rowdy parties, but not for car alarms.
If they would, for instance, fine noisy cars, and then tow repeat offenders, there would be far less of an issue. And most people would prefer to resort to having the police handle it. But in most places they won't do anything about noisy cars. Which is part of why people get unhappy enough to do something about it.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #249,961
3/29/06 10:39:13 PM
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Good point
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Post #250,082
3/30/06 1:25:40 PM
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I got fined once
Back when I was in college, my car was parked a couple of blocks away from the dorm. I had the alarm set. Someone bumped it hard enough while manuevering their car into the spot in front of or behind it which set off the alarm. Since I was too far away to hear it, I couldn't have done anything anyway.
Later that day I returned to my car to find the battery completely dead and a ticket sitting underneath the wiper blade.
From that point on, I never used the alarm near the campus, defeating the purpose of having bought it in the first place.
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Post #250,177
3/31/06 1:27:45 AM
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You know, they should hook car alarms up to cellphones
My car alarm goes off, I get a text message about it.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #250,180
3/31/06 2:09:40 AM
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There's a business plan in there.
*patents idea, with sufficient changes to avoid "prior art" shenanigans*
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Post #250,181
3/31/06 2:14:10 AM
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I think the best ones already do.
what's factory-mounted in Bentleys, big Mercedeses, etc.
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Post #250,183
3/31/06 2:18:02 AM
3/31/06 2:20:56 AM
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So when it goes off
on the ferry, you can just grab the phone and throw it over the rail. :-)
as hnick said
"The phone though, a quick grab and a toss into the bay... no clear witnesses... so much easier than throwing the phone wielder into the bay...
That's a hard idea to let go of..."
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Post #250,214
3/31/06 9:00:53 AM
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You're really not a people-person, are you?
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #250,238
3/31/06 9:29:12 AM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #250237 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=250237|ICLRPD]
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Post #250,338
3/31/06 2:29:21 PM
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California law must have changed . . .
. . some time back because the "blast forever" alarms seem extinct now. I understand there's talk of banning motion sensor alarms entirely and I certainly favor that. There's car alarms going off all over here every time a trash truck drives by.
Back in the "blast forever" days a former boss of mine got a new job with an alarm company out in Chatsworth. He mentioned that the company was being sued by the owner of a damaged car. The owner was claiming the company was liable becaue the alarm went off causing some big guy to jump up and down on the hood and roof until they looked like a storm at sea. The company maintained the alarm went off because the big guy was jumping up and down on the roof and hood.
While I never yielded to the strong temptation to apply my sledge hammer and fire ax or empty a 30 round clip into a car back in the "blast forever" days, I did use broad tip magic markers to write suggestions on the driver side windshield a few times.
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