Safety of your Yorkie

[LunasMomma]

snopes.com: Foiling Burglars with Car Alarms

snopes.com: Cell Phone Unlocks Keyless Cars

[TOY]

Originally Posted by LunasMomma

snopes.com: Foiling Burglars with Car Alarms

snopes.com: Cell Phone Unlocks Keyless Cars

I hadn't thought to check it out on snopes but looks like I'm late in getting this email if it started the rounds in 2006. Guess instead of the A list, I'm more at the double T or something...LOL

Personally we have a house alarm system known by the whole neighborhood because we mistakenly set it off when our routine is changed the slightest bit. However, I also know my car locks and unlocks through the brick and since we live in such a quiet, semi-rural subdivision, I know that a startling car alarm would bring help if anyone on the street is at home.

I have no idea whether or not the phone will unlock a keyless car but it sounds like a cool idea if it works.

As for me, if someone breaks in our house, the house will set off its alarm, I'll hit the car alarm and lights, but my screams may be the loudest of all. (I've never been known for my quiet ways.)

I do know, however, how loud a car alarm can be in a quiet setting. Before I retired, I drove my husband's car to school and had some of my junior high boys help me unload some things. They suggested I "try out" that button that I'd never noticed before. To say the least, I made their day and maybe their month. It was slapstick comedy and they were laughing their heads off! It really was a funny sight because I didn't know what to do to get it to stop. When they stopped laughing long enough, they showed me how...LOL (It was one of the few times I've ever seen teenage boys laugh till they actually cried....LOL...)

[Fancy_Pants]

Thanks for the advice, you can never be too safe anymore.

[Patti]

Thanks for a great tip. I will be doing that from now on.

[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by LunasMomma

snopes.com: Foiling Burglars with Car Alarms


snopes.com: Cell Phone Unlocks Keyless Cars

I read that on snopes too, however you still would deter a burgaler with a car alarm, anything to get them to run away because you are causing a disruption to their quiet entry and you are alerting others as to something is amiss it might not stop them in all cases but anything is a theft deterent that makes noise loud enough for others to hear it.

as for the car unlock thing, i tried it, didn't work, but i've heard several people say that it does, i googled and got the snopes as well, but other googles say that they have tried and with particular cars, keys and phones it actually does work, so i guess it can work, just not on all models and all phones...

[yorkie_mama22]

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

I read that on snopes too, however you still would deter a burgaler with a car alarm, anything to get them to run away because you are causing a disruption to their quiet entry and you are alerting others as to something is amiss it might not stop them in all cases but anything is a theft deterent that makes noise loud enough for others to hear it.

as for the car unlock thing, i tried it, didn't work, but i've heard several people say that it does, i googled and got the snopes as well, but other googles say that they have tried and with particular cars, keys and phones it actually does work, so i guess it can work, just not on all models and all phones...

my dad has a 99 ponitac grand am and he could press a button on his cell and here the "beep beep" of the alarm.

[Ashley V]

That is really good advice for those with cars with the panic buttons. Both of our cars don't.

I read a really good email once about what to do in different situations if you were to ever get abducted or whatever. For instance, if someone gets in the car with you and tells you to drive, put the pedal to the metal and run your car into something, then when you hit it, open the door and run for your life. Or if you are locked in the trunk, kick out the back lights and start waving your hand out of the hole.