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Re: Auto alarms

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From: Vivek Khera
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 18:20
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>>>>> "BW" == Bill Walsh <bwalsh@access.digex.net> writes:

BW> For that matter, can anyone cite an example of an alarm actually 
BW> preventing a car theft and not just annoying a five-block radius for no 
BW> good reason?

Personal experience:  I came out of a restaurant at lunch one day to
find the car *next* to mine broken into.  My little red blinky light
was still blinking...  Of course, there's no proof that the blinky
light or the alarm was the deterrant, but I think it was.
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Vivek Khera                               Khera Communications, Inc.
Internet: khera@norval.clark.net          Rockville, MD
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Subject: Re: Auto alarms
Date: 16 Jun 1994 18:20:35 GMT
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