The Car Alarm Across the Street
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No, you forgot to take into account the accent. It's the correct spelling.
What are the laws in your area about owning a bazooka?
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You know, I hear Ron Jeremy gets asked that question every day.
I say call the cops (non-emergency number). I wonder if the owner could be cited for disturbance of the peace...
And he thinks long and hard about it.
My old`72 GMC used to set those things off when I had the 280 Isky in it, with headers, now that was a lumpy cam.on the down side Karma got me back when the horn in my 94 Sunbird use to stick on in very cold weather when no-one was in or a round the car at 2 am.
I had to run out in my underwear and pop the hood to shut it off., it was just the two brass plates making contact.
I had to run out in my underwear and pop the hood to shut it off., it was just the two brass plates making contact.
A year or two ago one night. One of the cars across the street started going off at about 2-3AM, waking my parents (I was still awake as I often am) and several other people in the neighborhood. But not the people that own the car, who are old and hard of hearing. Both my dad and a neighbor tried to get them up by knocking on their door, and ringing the doorbell. But they slept right through their car alarm.
Which continued into the morning, I think about six hours or so in total. Pity we didn't think to call the cops.
To the OP: call the Environmental Health Protection unit of your council (or whatever the US equivalents of those entities are). They can send someone round (inc. the police I think, if it's during an antisocial hour of the day).
If that fails, you could call the cops and say you think someone's car is being stolen. Hey, it's not time-wasting. That's what you're meant to do when an alarm sounds, right...?
Hell I've also heard them go off while travelling on the BC Ferries between Vancouver Island and the Main land.
I've also seen people put the 'Club' on their steering wheel on the same Ferry.
I've also seen people put the 'Club' on their steering wheel on the same Ferry.
I live downtown, so I've grown accustomed to simply tuning out normal alarms, but every couple of weeks one of these hair-trigger alarm-having assholes will park on my block, an eventually even I start to notice. These are narrow, heavily trafficked streets, and those things go off whenever anything goes by.
The worst of these was a couple of months ago now. The goddamned thing finally penetrated my consciousness at about 8:00PM. It would go for about 10 minutes, then stop until the next car drove by and start up again. This was still going on when I finally went to sleep at 2ish. And it was still going when I got up at 9. However, this apparently killed the battery because it was down to a sad whine and finally stopped as I left for work at 10.
When I went outside that morning, the car was covered with increasingly aggressive notes. And some dog shit. Which had also been smeared on the door handles. There was also a guy sitting on his stoop who said he was going to stand vigil to make sure no one gave this dipshit a jump. I bought that dude a coffee.
Nope. At least in my city, there's nothing the cops can do. Car alarms do not fall under disturbing the peace. I know this because I had an extended conversation with a police officer who lives in the neighborhood who was staking out an offending car to "talk" to the owner. There was nothing he could do officially.
Seriously. With some of these cars, I would actively cheer anyone on who did break in.
The worst of these was a couple of months ago now. The goddamned thing finally penetrated my consciousness at about 8:00PM. It would go for about 10 minutes, then stop until the next car drove by and start up again. This was still going on when I finally went to sleep at 2ish. And it was still going when I got up at 9. However, this apparently killed the battery because it was down to a sad whine and finally stopped as I left for work at 10.
When I went outside that morning, the car was covered with increasingly aggressive notes. And some dog shit. Which had also been smeared on the door handles. There was also a guy sitting on his stoop who said he was going to stand vigil to make sure no one gave this dipshit a jump. I bought that dude a coffee.
Nah, that's why they invented 9-1-1. Dial that and they ticket the owner for disturbing the peace. Or if you're feeling really strong, once the car is tilted approximately 30 degrees (towing position) the mercury switch on the alarm will shut itself off. THEN try hammer if that doesn't work...
Nope. At least in my city, there's nothing the cops can do. Car alarms do not fall under disturbing the peace. I know this because I had an extended conversation with a police officer who lives in the neighborhood who was staking out an offending car to "talk" to the owner. There was nothing he could do officially.
Seriously. With some of these cars, I would actively cheer anyone on who did break in.
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