Most times unless you have a movement sensor installed in the car, only then will the alarm go off. I know that in Toyota's if the window is smashed, and the door is not opened, then the car alarm will not activate, I think that most of the criminals know about this latent defect.................
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johnny Wessels Sent: 28 December 2008 07:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [obsnw] Re: Car break-in and subsequent chase my passanger window was also smashed and the alarm did not sound. i subsequently contacted my dealer to enquire this and was told that very few vehicles have an alarm that triggers with a broken window. apparently something to do with the sensor having to be placed in a strategic spot. when this became a topic of conversation at my workplace, i heard of several incidents where the alarm did not activate if any side window is smashed - the exceptions being the windscreen and the rear window, but can you see the scum breaking those?! i obviously had a censor re-positioned, which remains untested to date and hopefully never has to prove it's proficiency. saw shards of glass in 2 different streets this morning. gordon&lower scum was busy again last night,... > This morning at 6:25am my neighbours ford focus was broken into again (for > the second time in three weeks). The alarm doesn't go off when you smash a > window? > > Anyway, I got a good look at the guy, called the cops, and then tracked > him > down in Lower Scott. Unfortunately he ran away, scaled a wall, got > temporarily caught in some barbed wire and then disappeared. I'm not up > to > chasing anyone on foot with torn tendons. > > The cops eventually arrived but it was too late. If the observatory police > vehicle had been in Obs at the time the guy would have been behind bars. > Instead they drove along main road from the police station. > > I think, considering the amount of crime we have here, we should push for > the vehicle to be kept in Obs when not taxi'ing criminals to the police > station. Perhaps when the CID is up and running with their own security > office, the police can use their facilities. Coffee is cheaper than > petrol. > > J. > > ps. The guy was black, about 35, defined facial features... he was wearing > a > long camel coloured jacket (with lots of pockets) and dark pants. > > > > "You may choose to live your life in pieces or you may choose to live your life in peace,...we cannot start over and change the beginning, but we can start now and change the end,..." Disclaimer http://www.shopriteholdings.co.za/pages/1019812640/disclaimer/E-mail-Disclaimer.asp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
