Comments on: Rogue car alarm drives residents crazy

By: Mark Trumbo

Mark Trumbo — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:01:08 +0000

I’m dealing with an a-hole neighbor whose car alarm is constantly going off and someone around here has resorted to busting his car windows. The guy knows the residents hate the car alarm going off so he purposely sets it off himself along with leaving the alarm on sensitive settings. On a regular night, it goes off about 11 times from 9pm-8am. I hear the next step this person is going to take is break the windows of the cars that belong to the other tenants who live in that unit.

If that doesn’t get anything solved, at least the person was able to vent their frustration.

By: colleen

colleen — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:30:46 +0000

Hi,
I’m curious if your noise issue with your neighbor ever got resolved.

We have a similar issue and I’m hoping you can share any suggestions that worked for you.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:04:59 +0000

Break the window, pour gasoline in and light a match. Of course, don’t get caught!

By: LM

LM — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:41:09 +0000

After an incident a few years ago where a car alarm went off literally nonstop for 18+ hours right in front of our house, I talked to the cops about it, and they said that if you call the non-emergency number, and the cops can’t come deal with it soon, you’re allowed to be a vigilante and do whatever is necessary to disable the alarm. They said that’s exactly what they do when they come out.

I can kinda understand having an alarm if you actually park in your driveway, but dude, my car usually has to be parked blocks away from where I actually live. If I had an alarm I would never hear it.

By: redpill

redpill — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:26:11 +0000

Unless there is a gun involved good luck in getting a response, let alone getting through in time for anything to be done.. Especially in the Mission. About 6 months ago some guy was walking down 24th smashing rear view mirrors, once I got through to the police (15 minutes later) they said they would send someone over, never showed… Welcome to the Mission.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:09:43 +0000

If they own next door, then continue to attempt to work with them. If they rent get in touch with the owner. Usually they’re also keeping up other people in the building, too. Loud anything that keeps you from sleeping on a school night is not ok.

By: Andrew Sarkarati

Andrew Sarkarati — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:45:33 +0000

this is definitely NOT cool. they need to get a practice space. let’s see what the readers have to say…

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:27:30 +0000

http://www.sfdph.org/dph/eh/Noise/default.asp

You’re welcome.

Regarding the relationship… WHAT relationship?

You need the sleep you need.

By: Sleepless in SF

Sleepless in SF — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:12:59 +0000

While we are on the subject of noise, I thought I would throw out a question I have been wrestling with to the community.

I live in a house on a purely residential block in the Mission. Like most of the homes in the neighborhood, we have a zero lot line with the neighbors (ie our exterior walls touch). My neighbor is in a band, and they regularly practice at the house on weeknights until after 11pm. Occasionally they will play past midnight. The sound travels quite clearly into my bedroom.

The music, incidentally, is pretty good. The problem is that I have a job that requires me to wake up before 6am. For me, this means I need to get to sleep around 10pm.

Over the course of 8-10 months, I have repeatedly reached out and asked them to music on the weekdays to 10pm. The response is generally friendly, but the next day I need to ask again, and again and again. They clearly don’t care at all.

I certainly realize that I live in a dynamic neighborhood, but it just doesn’t seem unreasonable to expect band practice to stop by 10pm on a weeknight in a purely residential neighborhood.

Am I out of line? If not, any suggestions on remedies. I would like to salvage the relationship, but am out of ideas.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:48:53 +0000

Yep, SFPD did this for a car horn alarm that wouldn’t stop. It took them 2 hours, but they did it, and I was very happy I called the non-emergency police number. That horn alarm was friggin’ annoying…

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:17:46 +0000

best part.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:53:10 +0000

it’s probably just a mockingbird. Hear them all the time.

By: moderniste

moderniste — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:40:13 +0000

Excellent usage of the Onion–let’s hear it for the “special Car Alarm Alert Squad”.

By: GG

GG — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:10:15 +0000

LOL, I had a car alarm going off nearby, repeatedly, recently and I went outside to identify the car, when I saw someone getting out of it with the alarm still going. I was so outraged that he hadn’t turned off his alarm that he had clearly accidentally triggered that it took my BF pointing it out that maybe that guy was actually breaking into the car. Just shows how de-sensitized to alarms I am from living in an urban area!

By: thank

thank — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:42:34 +0000

loud car alarms are a nuisance and a rip-off. a steering wheel club is cheaper and more effective. or if you are really worried about your shit get a lojack. i certainly wouldn’t waste police officers’ time with a car alarm. i would say they are set off pointlessly about 10,000 times for every 1 time there is an alarm going off while someone is actually trying to steal the car.