Q In answer to Paul Gregory’s question, yes, car alarms work. On one occasion a thief was breaking into a neighboring car and bumped into mine. My alarm went off and my neighbor saw the thief scurry ...

I'm still on a stolen-car kick here, and all the talk of theft prevention and alarms got me wondering just how long car alarm systems have been around? The first recorded car theft happened to, of all ...

Question: I have been on my homeowner association board of directors off and on for more than 15 years. With more than 40 town houses in our development -- and with nearly every unit having more than ...

How Do You Turn Off The Car Alarm? Disarming the car alarm system without a remote control is often done by going into your anti-theft system’s service mode. From there, you can deactivate it in case ...

They are routinely ignored — so much so that a pamphlet issued by the National Crime Council on auto theft leaves little room for doubt: “After years of false alarms, people have stopped paying ...

]]> There are two ways to catch a car thief red-handed. One is to affix a loud alarm to the vehicle. While I do not have any statistics to back this up, my impression is that this method is ...

"A burglar alarm combines in its person all that is objectionable about a fire, a riot, and a harem, and at the same time has none of the compensating advantages." So wrote Mark Twain in 1882. More ...

FILE - A selection of vintage clocks are displayed at Electric Time Company, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Medfield, Mass. Most of America “springs forward” Sunday, March 10, 2024, for daylight saving ...