I had never really heard of this before, but when you really stop to think about it, it does make sense.
The advice to have a set of car keys by your bed at night is a wonderful idea.
The advice circulating in blogs and other websites goes like this.
If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.
It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the remote. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around... after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.
A few disclaimers
The advice to have a set of car keys by your bed at night is a wonderful idea.
The advice circulating in blogs and other websites goes like this.
If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.
It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the remote. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around... after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.
A few disclaimers
- If you live in an apartment this will probably not work for you.
- If you don't have an alarm/panic mode for your car, this will certainly not work for you.
- This assumes you have neighbors who really look out the windows when they hear car alarms going off. Actually, I don't think anyone even looks around any more when the sound of a car alarm goes off.
