<story><title>Why do they still make car alarms? (2015)</title><url>https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a17477/why-the-hell-do-they-still-make-car-alarms/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thelean12</author><text>The best and only important deterrent is to not have anything to steal, especially in plain view. If everyone did this then theft from parked cars would drop to zero, and break-ins to near zero.&lt;p&gt;Smash and grabbers don&amp;#x27;t care about alarms. They&amp;#x27;ll be gone in a few seconds anyway.</text></item><item><author>anonymousiam</author><text>If the author had a Ring doorbell (and looked at their crime reports), or participated on NextDoor, they would know that theft from parked cars is the number one problem in most neighborhoods.  An alarm is still a good deterrent for people who do not park their cars in a garage.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mmmBacon</author><text>Unfortunately your suggestion is only a half measure and a significant number of break ins are to steal parts off the car itself.&lt;p&gt;Theft of airbags is very common as is theft of catalytic converters.&lt;p&gt;Airbag theft:
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<story><title>Why do they still make car alarms? (2015)</title><url>https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a17477/why-the-hell-do-they-still-make-car-alarms/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thelean12</author><text>The best and only important deterrent is to not have anything to steal, especially in plain view. If everyone did this then theft from parked cars would drop to zero, and break-ins to near zero.&lt;p&gt;Smash and grabbers don&amp;#x27;t care about alarms. They&amp;#x27;ll be gone in a few seconds anyway.</text></item><item><author>anonymousiam</author><text>If the author had a Ring doorbell (and looked at their crime reports), or participated on NextDoor, they would know that theft from parked cars is the number one problem in most neighborhoods.  An alarm is still a good deterrent for people who do not park their cars in a garage.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Areading314</author><text>Right. The alarm makes them only target the easily available junk that is in plain view. With no alarm, the thief could quietly spend 30 minutes &amp;quot;working on&amp;quot; the vehicle so they could clear out your trunk, and maybe even a few parts like the radio&amp;#x2F;GPS</text></comment>