XPost: nyc.transit, nyc.politics, nyc.general 
 From: adr5@columbia.edu 
  
 In article , 
 liberty@once.net says... 
 >"Agent_C"  wrote in message 
 >news:12lva095uehrjlspf0ljag2chfpg00p5kj@4ax.com... 
 >> Transportation Alternatives is sponsoring a rally at City Hall on 
 >> Tuesday 5/25/2004 to support a bill in the City Council that would 
 >> ban audible car alarms in New York City. 
 > 
 >Who the hell are you to tell others they do not have the right to protect 
 >their property? 
  
 He isn't.  He is just asking not to annoy your neighbors.  Many alarms are 
 improperly adjusted and will go off when a car goes by.  These same alarms 
 also don't reset themselves, as required by law now, and keep wailing until 
 the battery dies. 
  
 >Yes, false car alarms are a nuisance, but not nearly as much so as the 
 >screaming sirens and diesel horns often used EXCESSIVELY and even 
 >UNNECESSARILY by ambulances and other city vehicles. 
  
 Depends on your neighborhood.  At least emergency vehicles pass quickly. 
 I've personally witnessed alarms wailing away for hours.  One night there 
 was a car that had two alarms that just kept going on and on.  It pissed 
 off one of the neighbors enough that they went out and broke all the 
 windows on the car. 
  
 >My car alarm has prevented a break-in more than once. I agree that the alarm 
 >makers and installers should be required to make these as false-alarm-proof 
 >as possible, but they should not be banned. 
  
 Maybe a really heavy fine for an alarm that is not properly adjusted is 
 in order. 
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 Alex 
  
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