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As far as I can tell (and I stand to be corrected in a swift and brutal manner), all audible car alarms have a bland electronic chirp of some description. This is painfully monotonous and tuneless. Why not replace this with a musical phrase, like the ringtones on older mobile phones. This shouldn't
need much by way of extra equipment, and will give car alarm owners the chance to customise their alarm system. Posh car alarms could even offer polyphonic ringtones. The melodic strains of Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre, played at 125dB, should be much less distressing at 3am.
Bird sounding car alarms
http://www.npr.org/...002/july/car_alarm/
Sounds nice...listen to it here [xclamp, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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why? because you would sound like an ice-cream van...and at 3 a.m. in the morning, that might seem a little strange. |
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Exactly - and draw attention to the bloke stealing your wheels. Gets my bun. |
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It's the only way to live in cars |
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playing Mysterious Girl at 3 am would result in swift action with the heaviest, hardest object i can find, possibly aimed at the car rather than the bloke stealing the car |
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The only modification I want for car alarms is their removal. |
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Finally, a chance for me to use my car-alarm homing bricks. Honestly, would YOU want to steal a car that was constantly repeating "Lucky Star" by Madonna? |
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From one point of view, a tuneful alarm will be (ever so slightly) less painful than the standard alarms currently found. |
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From the other point of view, think how you reacted last time you heard a painful mobile phone (cellphone) ringtone - did you turn round and look? |
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What would the reaction of a would-be thief be? |
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And if you're young and bored, you can go along a line of cars and whack them until you find one with a groovy alarm...and then keep on whacking it again and again... |
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Don't think this really improves my argument, does it... |
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You've got a point [ Letsbuildafort ].....the " Lucky Star " car is safe from me....I'd hitchhike first. |
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