XPost: nyc.transit, nyc.politics, nyc.general 
 From: stevelackey@hotmail.com 
  
 "Phil"  wrote in message 
 news:m466b0t163gv2553novsf2nmjco8haogld@4ax.com... 
 > On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:06:41 -0400, "Fustanella" 
 >  wrote: 
 > 
 > >> LoJacks, blinking lights or audible alarms don't prevent the car from 
 > >> getting broken into.  They're activated once the car has been broken 
 > >> into or stolen. 
 > > 
 > >Audible alarms routinely go off falsely. I've seen it happen when a 
 garbage 
 > >truck rumbles by. 
 > 
 > The point I'm trying to make is that FF's claim that his car alarm 
 > prevented break-in is a false statement.  The alarm does not go off as 
 > a thief approaches the car, but after he's broken in. 
  
 And smash and grab break-ins are too quick to even think about catching 
 the perpetrators.  On Rt 17 in NJ, those guys are half a mile down the road 
 within a minute of breaking glass. 
  
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