Car Alarms – Protecting Your Vehicle, Sometimes Without A Sound
The primary line of defence for your treasured vehicle, the car alarm was invented to match increasing demand for more security on cars. In olden times cars may have been left unlocked or unwatched, but in modern times car theft is an ever growing crime problem.
Car alarms are designed to make a loud noise, or sometimes even immobilise the engine, if a car is disturbed. This should scare away a criminal as it will attract unwanted attention. They can be found in different designs that are triggered by different stimuli. Some feel vibrations, tilting of the car, simply touching the car, opening of the doors, changes in battery voltage, or using sensors like infrared. The problem is that the more sensitive your car is, the more likely that it will go off by accident and you will need to rush of to turn it off. Accidental triggering happens all the time and sadly contributes to the problem of people ignoring a blaring car alarm, the opposite of the effect desired!
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Car Alarm Accessories
It is very common now to put car alarms in vehicles to protect these expensive investments. Dire economic periods push the desperate to steal cars for easy money. Car owners resort to car alarms to deter thefts.
There are two general types of car alarm – the passive and active. The passive car alarms are armed right after the car ignition is turned off and the last door is closed. Active car alarms have transmitter buttons that should be pressed to disarm the system. Most cars with passive car alarms have lower insurance rates.
Car alarms have accessories available to enhance the basic functionalities of the system. The backup batteries make sure that the system can still be activated if the current batteries run out of charge.
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How Well Do Car Alarm Systems Work
The system is programmed to make a high-pitched noise every time someone attempts to get the car open, or even if someone is too close to the car. This has been designed to scare and deter thieves from stealing your car. But how well does these devices work? Do they work? When car alarms were first sold to the public, they were very popular and were installed in vehicles right away.
But after some time, consumers started really disliking them. One of the biggest problems with car alarms is they disturb the public. A dog or cat can go near it and set it off, not to mention the vibration from a loud vehicle going near by. Now imagine what happens when people leave their cars at home while they are out on vacation or what have you, these cars are just going off for no reason. And this is only one way these alarms aren’t that helpful.