Comments on: Distribution of Car Alarm Activations

By: B

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:42:09 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHA SOOO TRUE

By: marylou

marylou — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:28:03 +0000

Or when the neighbor kids kick their soccer ball into the parked for the billionth time in one day….ugh.

By: scorpiogirl

scorpiogirl — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:42:27 +0000

You forgot environmental – it’s really fun when branches or heavy leaves fall on them and make them go off, or a critter jumps up onto it and sets it off.

Also of note, the vibrations of bass drums when a marching band walks through a parking lot can set off car alarms.

By: butterflysigh

butterflysigh — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:02:36 +0000

you missed Firecrackers/Fireworks.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:52:37 +0000

aww, I was about to make this chart almost exactly the other day…. dang, I gotta get going sooner next time

By: jeany

jeany — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:18:52 +0000

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL :0 :0

By: podgirl

podgirl — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:05:17 +0000

Yeah, probably a good thing I don’t have a car alarm…backed my car into a wall in a parking garage today trying to let another car get by. Dang DC parking garages. Too freakin small, and I drive a Focus…not even a large car.

By: Micheal Scott

Micheal Scott — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:26:40 +0000

That’s what she said!

Seriously Dwight, back to work!

By: teh penguin

teh penguin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:28:28 +0000

And don’t forget “Leaning against car!”

By: Nella

Nella — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:16:07 +0000

Dwight needs to stop wasting time. Get back to work.

By: Shancey

Shancey — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:50:10 +0000

What we’re all missing here is that this graph was created by Dwight Schrute of Schrute’s beet farm!

By: i am smrt

i am smrt — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:54:48 +0000

Also:
Earthquakes. Or, the floor of the parking garage shaking when another car drives by. Trains. If your assigned parking spot at the apartment complex is 50 feet from the train tracks, disconnect the damn alarm.
Motorcycle engines. Or, any vehicle whose owner doesn’t believe in mufflers.

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:37:38 +0000

Car dealership sensitive alarm chain reactions.
Every other time we drive by a car dealership, they’re all going off.

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:36:47 +0000

+1
Fourth of july’s a killer.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:28:55 +0000

I walked past a car and wasn’t any nearer than 12 inches and the f*’n thing went off. Almost had to go home to change my pants!

By: missmalicestyx

missmalicestyx — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:08:26 +0000

You forgot wind.
Oh and leaf falling from a tree 10 meters away from actual car

By: blazinghyphens

blazinghyphens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:12:32 +0000

“Pedestrian brushes rear bumper with trouser leg while dashing across street to deli” is an awsome name for a rock band.

By: brien

brien — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:36:18 +0000

There’s also “Piano falling off a tall building.” According to every single commercial I’ve seen, EVER, any object that falls off a tall building lands on a car and sets off the alarm. That has to count for something on the graph.

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:35:32 +0000

“Pedestrian brushes rear bumper with trouser leg while dashing across street to deli” falls under Owner Stupidity for having the freaking alarm set to whisper-sensitive!

By: forge

forge — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:32:04 +0000

Totally forgot “idiot driving past with bass turned up on stereo” and “pedestrian brushes rear bumper with trouser leg while dashing across street to deli.”

By: Fizzix

Fizzix — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:14 +0000

Agreed. “Car location in parking lot” needs to be on there.

By: green_beanie

green_beanie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:36:54 +0000

And you also forgot that drunk who bumps into things in the middle of the night. Though, to be fair, I haven’t seen him in a while.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:36:41 +0000

EXACTLY!!! I had a neighbor who set his alarm off every time he worked on his car. I hated that guy!

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:18:37 +0000

My favorite running joke is to scream, “My god, someone call the police” each and every time some d-bag’s car alarm goes off. Talk about crying wolf…

By: Simmo33

Simmo33 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:52:35 +0000

No way! A car alarm was set off due to owner stupidity on my way home. About 5 minutes before I saw this.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:34:01 +0000

You also forgot the one for fireworks with sonic BOOM!

By: tiamat

tiamat — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:30:56 +0000

I’ll admit it.

But I still want to find the guy who had the brilliant idea of putting a damn button on your damn keys that makes you car flash and honk when you put them in your pocket…

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:59:36 +0000

You forgot the one for huge claps of thunder that set off every alarm in a radius of 5 blocks.

By: Yeshanu

Yeshanu — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:45:00 +0000

Where’s the space for the guy who activates the alarm so he can find his car in the parking lot?

And I think that the space for “actual attempted theft” is far too big, at least in my area. But good graph, Dwight. Made me smile.

By: starcat

starcat — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:41:13 +0000

Oh, man, you forgot the bus that goes by the parked car a t 5:00 AM! EVERY DAY!

By: Ibbits

Ibbits — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:29:46 +0000

Guilty as charged. And on many occasions. That 5:30 a.m. double alarm? Yeah, that was me. Both cars at once – that takes mad skillz.

By: Chris Broadfoot

Chris Broadfoot — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:23:29 +0000

second.