I know someone who went up on a ladder and used a sledgehammer to take out a neighbours alarm that was constantly ringing.
I know someone who went up on a ladder and used a sledgehammer to take out a neighbours alarm that was constantly ringing.
Did it work? I have an alarm in my house that I want rid of (it came with the house) as it sometimes likes to go off if the electricity goes. I was thinking of just taking a hammer to the sound emitting bit.
You've hit the nail on the head there. Up to a few years ago on my road, within a couple of minutes of an alarm going off there would be in excess of 3 people out to see if everything was all right. We mostly had the old style bell alarms. Then an estate was built behind us with siren alarms and over time some other houses in the area have "upgraded" their alarms to sirens, the louder the better.I think its a shame that, because of the fact that alarms can be constantly ringing for no good reason that as a result we ignore them when they do go off for a good reason. (understandably, else we'd be reacting permanently...)
But at the moment there are no consequences for inflicting hours of this misery on one's neighbours, and therefore no incentive to reduce incidences of false alarms.
What kind of timeout would people find acceptable? Are there any measures I can take to minimise false alarms?
I think if people were fined for their alarm falsely activating regularly everyone's life would be a lot more peaceful. But at the moment there are no consequences for inflicting hours of this misery on one's neighbours, and therefore no incentive to reduce incidences of false alarms.
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