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Iran to buy Israel-made car alarms from China’ (Agencies) 13 April 2006 TEL AVIV — The Iranian Ministry of Transport recently asked a Chinese company provide anti-theft car alarm systems, the consignment of which, according to media reports, contains 15,000 anti-theft devices made in Israel. Meanwhile, the Israeli mass media declared that the Iranian government had signed a deal with a Chinese company which markets the products for an Israeli company called Sonar located in Ramat Hasharon town in north of Tel Aviv. The deal was made after an Iranian Ministry of Transport representative visited a Chinese automobile alarm systems...

Just heard on WABC news at 11 AM eastern: NYC plans to ban car alarms. No details, except...

You struggle up to consciousness. What’s wrong? What time is it?PYEW PYEW PYEW PYEW OOOOOOO? OOOOOOO?Your heart’s racing, blood pressure spiking up. Adrenaline-charged, you’re bolt awake. It’s 4:00 AM. That $!@# car alarm!WOMP! WOMP! WOMP! WOMP!OOOOEEEE; OOOOEEEE; OOOO.In imagination, you become bazooka-wielding Arnold Schwarzenegger and blast the wretched car to Kingdom Come, alarm and all.WEEEUWEEEUWEEEUWEEEU.Why do we have to have these damned $!@# things? We don’t. New York City should entirely ban their use within its five boroughs. Car alarms don’t do a nickel’s worth of good, the evidence overwhelmingly shows. But they do plenty of bad. Not only do...