Just the rush of a passing car or even a strong wind could start them. The trouble is that they became almost meaningless. Nobody bothered to take much notice as there were too many false alarms.
They’re a lot better these days although there are other less anti-social ways to protect your car.
Immobilising the vehicle is one way and there are several different ways to do this. A key fob that alerts the owner without the potential thief knowing is another.
And perhaps all car owners should hide some sort of tracking device so that if the car is stolen the police will be able to track its progress.
Most car alarm installation and tracking devices are an after-market fit as original manufacturers don’t fit them apart from some very expensive and known brand targets. Many of these are stolen to order and some, just for their low mileage engine.
These end up in containers shipped to the other side of the world.
There was a story around many years ago of a smart thief that knocked late at night at the door of a stranger. You can tell how old this story is because he didn’t have a mobile phone.
He asked the owner of the house whether he could make a quick phone call to one of the motoring rescue operations he was a member of.
In that short time that he talked to the householder he learnt they loved the theatre. Well, they’d been targeted from the start. There was no broken down car. When front row tickets for the latest show in London arrived by means of a thank you they drove to a West End multi-story car park.
Whilst the show was on the engine was lifted from their brand new luxury car and best of all, an old one was neatly fitted back.
So no matter how hard we try to protect our vehicle there will always be someone clever enough to steal it.
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