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The Truth about car Alarms

	A continuous rise in crime rate, in our society, has led to an 
ever increasing demand for safety and security for people and their 
valued possessions.  Many industries  have introduced many devices such 
as home or auto alarms, stun guns, pepper sprays e.t.c.  We, the 
consumers, spend millions to get these products and we are filled with an 
exaggerated sense of security.  The question we should be asking 
ourselves is �how efficient are these so called high-tech gadgets in 
actually doing their job?�.
	A very close friend of mine had just bought a 1992 sedan and was 
quick to install a $300.00 alarm system that had a customized siren, 
ignition kill-switch: you name it, he had it.  A week later, the car was 
 stolen in a highly populated area in broad daylight.  That was when the 
reality of false security hit me.  I decided to investigate the 
efficiency of popular car alarms.  It is unethical for me to give 
specific brand names for fairness to the manufacturers but you will 
definitely know the different models I speak of below.
	Most car alarms range in price from $199.00 -$450.00.  The less 
costly models might require a $50.00 installation fee.  The package 
usually includes a kill switch for the engine, remote control for alarm 
activation and a blinking light conspicuously located to deter potential 
intruders.  The more �high-tech� the features, the more expensive the 
alarm; like a $400.00 alarm system that allows you to start your engine 
ignition from the comfort of your bedroom, in the cold winter, by pushing 
a button on the remote control.
	I spoke with a few people that owned Tow-Truck and auto sound 
companies and others who had �hot-wired� cars at some point in their 
criminal lives.  The result is the following paragraph. 
	The sad news is that these alarms have a few vulnerable spots 
that can render the alarms useless; an even sadder news, is that car 
thieves are well knowledgeable of these spots.  Most car alarms have two 
basic connections during installation.  The first, is to all door 
openings i.e. doors, hood and trunk and the second is to a megaphone, 
usually located under the hood , which discharges the popular siren.  The 
average auto thief is skilled in finding the installation wires used to 
connect the megaphone and it takes 20 seconds to cut this wires from 
below the engine without opening the hood.  Guess what, the dumb alarm 
cannot scream out its siren because the megaphone has been rendered 
useless.  Inexperienced thieves do not have to go through all that 
trouble; In about 10 seconds, they deliberately trip the alarm by 
breaking the window or forcing the hood open and proceed to cut the 
megaphone wires - end of story.
	Remote controls are very nice and fancy and it is very 
fashionable to get out your car and remotely activate your car�s alarm 
while walking away.  I have bad news for people with those �things�.  You 
might not believe me when I say that I have seen people walk up to their 
cars and push the remote control buttons only to find out that two or 
more cars were deactivated because their remotes were on the same 
frequency.  This is a car thief�s dream, no sweat!  Auto alarms that do 
not have the popular self -activation feature, sometimes, do not respond 
when you use the remote to activate.  This is especially common in areas 
with tremendous air-traffic i.e. areas like shopping malls or 
construction sites where there are so many transmissions in different 
frequencies which usually interrupt your remote�s transmission.  
	Cars with kill switch features aren�t safe either. A kill switch 
prevents anyone, other than the owner, from starting the engine ignition. 
 The switch could be your blinkers, defrost buttons or any other button 
on the dash board that only the owner �supposedly� knows- It takes a 
Hotel valet 2 minutes to figure out the kill switch, how much more a 
professional. 
	My job was to now define the features of a perfect, or at least 
close to perfect, auto alarm.  It must not require any installation, no 
high-tech stuff, very convenient and highly efficient but very, very 
CHEAP.  Sounds impossible I thought until, two years ago ,when I stumbled 
on a very unusual product.  That product has been my business for the 
past year and a half.

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