Are car alarms a complete waste of time?

The security devices have been criticised by councils and car owners for failing to combat crime – but it might not be worth scrapping them altogether ...They have become the electronic dawn chorus in our towns and cities, but is it time to kill the car alarm? This week, it was claimed that security devices “don’t deter criminals” and are “a public nuisance” – statements backed up by studies from the 1990s that show that, between 95%-99% of the time, the