Integration Of Latest Car Alarm System
By Joann Cheong
Summary: Car alarms have integrated the latest technology into the car alarm system. So, how does it work? Car alarm is an everyday occurrence; you just get to see it everyday. When an approximate of one car gets carnapped every 20 seconds, it is common occurrence indeed. Car alarms, in an effort to get ahead of car burglars, have integrated the latest affordable technology into the car alarm system. So, how does it work?

The first documented case of car theft was as early as 1896, only a decade after the Otto gasoline powered automobile was patented by Karl Benz of Germany. To combat this situation, car alarm systems are installed on automobile doors. So the first ever car alarm system was typically a car door alarm. But with todays cars, its much more sophisticated. Car alarm systems have sensors that go off every time a panel is opened the panels can be the doors, the hood or the trunk. These sensors are actually voltage that travels around the vehicle including doors, trunk and hood. If this circuit is broken by forced opening of a panel or a voltage dropped due to interference with the electrical system, the alarm goes off.

Car windows are also one focal entry point for thieves. Most occasions they just bust the windows and hot rod the car; quite effective, too. New glass technology made it possible for glasses to withstand an amount of bashing. Glass reinforced with plastic is commonly use. One common window sensor is a breaking sound detector. The sound of breaking glass has its unique sound frequency that the system detects, and if triggered releases a full alarm siren.

Another car alarm feature is the shock sensor. The early

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