What Does The Police Think About Bike Alarms?

[MelissaY]

http://www.greenspeed.us/bike_alarm_lock.htm
I've had two bikes stolen and last night I got this idea that there should be bike alarms. I google searched it today and found that there are bike alarms that sound if the cable is cut. It could scare away a theif and / or drawl the nieghbours attention. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with bike alarms? Do they really work? I read that a theif could smother the sound with a towl but since most theifs have never come across a bike alarm, most of them probally won't know that it has an alarm on it if I remove the sticker that says alarm on it.

 

[danrathersdrunkagain]

I have no idea.

 

[EVOCInstructor]

I think it would be a good idea if your bike was parked in a populated area.. You can bet that for the majority of the people out to steal a bike... if an alarm went off, they would leave. But of course.. there are those that wont care and will just hop on and peddle away. Id say the chances of keeping your bike would be up'd to an 80/20 chance in your favor.