| | | | | criminal with the system is only 5%. That’s a small |
| When it comes to car security devices, the alarm | | | | percentage, compared to the inconvenience of 125 |
| system must be the cheapest and the easiest one to | | | | decibels worth of high pitched siren ringing in your ears. |
| install on any vehicle. The purpose of this system is | | | | These alarms are so loud you can hear the sound |
| quite simple – it is programmed to go off and | | | | outside your window. Just imagine car alarms waking |
| produce a high-pitched sound every time somebody | | | | you up in the middle of the night for nothing. |
| tries to open the car, or even go near it for that | | | | Now if 95% of car alarms are false alarms, why |
| matter, without turning the alarm off first. So if the | | | | should anybody be concerned with it whenever they |
| alarm is switched on and you tried to open it, the alarm | | | | go off? Surely, a passing motorist would shrug off the |
| would go off. This is designed to discourage thieves to | | | | sound thinking that the alarm isn’t what it really |
| go near your car and steal it. However, how effective | | | | means. On a recent survey conducted, only 1% of all |
| these devices really are? And do they really work as | | | | people 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 the | | | | this fact, how can you be sure that car alarms still |
| market, a lot of car owners begin installing them in their | | | | work? |
| vehicles. But as time goes by, people are starting to | | | | So if you are considering a security system for your |
| hate them. For one thing, these devices disrupt the | | | | car, 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 their | | | | from $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 leave | | | | But of course, if this is the only one that you can |
| the alarm of their cars on. And so whenever a cat or | | | | afford at the moment, you have to be sure that you |
| a dog goes near it, the sound would go off and they | | | | send your car to a trustworthy shop to have the |
| are two hundred miles away to turn it off. That’s | | | | system installed. Some unscrupulous individuals can do |
| only one instance wherein car alarms can be such an | | | | a 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 a | | | | sent your car to the thief without your knowledge. |