XPost: nyc.transit, nyc.politics, nyc.general 
 From: tls@panix.com 
  
 In article , 
 Alex Rodriguez   wrote: 
 >In article , steveo@panix.com says... 
 >> 
 >>According to insurance data, audible alarms have no effect 
 >>on theft reduction. 
 > 
 >True, but the alarm does scare off people who want to steal the stuff 
 >in your car, not necessarily the car itself. 
  
 What rational warrant do you have for believing this?  Given that most 
 folks' auto theft insurance provides at least partial coverage for theft 
 of "stuff in the car", I would tend to believe that the insurance data 
 establishes that your claim is false. 
  
 That certainly coincides with my personal experience.  My car was broken 
 into and stuff stolen from it three times _while it had an alarm_. 
 Nobody pays any attention when a car alarm goes off; if they hear the 
 glass breaking, maybe, but they'd respond to that just the same without 
 the obnoxious siren that wakes up everyone on the block... 
  
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 You 
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