How Effective are Car Alarm Systems?

 criminal with the system is only 5%. That’s a small
When it comes to car security devices, the alarmpercentage, compared to the inconvenience of 125
system must be the cheapest and the easiest one todecibels worth of high pitched siren ringing in your ears.
install on any vehicle. The purpose of this system isThese alarms are so loud you can hear the sound
quite simple – it is programmed to go off andoutside your window. Just imagine car alarms waking
produce a high-pitched sound every time somebodyyou up in the middle of the night for nothing.
tries to open the car, or even go near it for thatNow if 95% of car alarms are false alarms, why
matter, without turning the alarm off first. So if theshould anybody be concerned with it whenever they
alarm is switched on and you tried to open it, the alarmgo off? Surely, a passing motorist would shrug off the
would go off. This is designed to discourage thieves tosound thinking that the alarm isn’t what it really
go near your car and steal it. However, how effectivemeans. On a recent survey conducted, only 1% of all
these devices really are? And do they really work aspeople who hear alarms going off actually call the
designed?police. An astounding 99% percent ignores them. With
When car alarm systems are first released in thethis fact, how can you be sure that car alarms still
market, a lot of car owners begin installing them in theirwork?
vehicles. But as time goes by, people are starting toSo if you are considering a security system for your
hate them. For one thing, these devices disrupt thecar, be sure to look for other options rather than a car
peace and quiet of a residential community big time.alarm system. Car alarm systems cost anywhere
Because almost everybody has car alarms in theirfrom $100 to $1,000. You are going to save so much if
vehicles, noise complaints are being filed left and right.you opt for a more effective system than this one.
Most people who will go in a vacation tend to leaveBut of course, if this is the only one that you can
the alarm of their cars on. And so whenever a cat orafford at the moment, you have to be sure that you
a dog goes near it, the sound would go off and theysend your car to a trustworthy shop to have the
are two hundred miles away to turn it off. That’ssystem installed. Some unscrupulous individuals can do
only one instance wherein car alarms can be such ana minor change in the system that would create a
inconvenience.backdoor to it and leave your car vulnerable. You think
On an estimate, false alarms occur 95% of the time.that your car is secured. But all along, you have just
This means that the chance that you’ll catch asent your car to the thief without your knowledge.