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Like seatbelts?
The alarm is fucking stupid on some models.
I will not put on my seatbelt when I take the car out of the garage for a wash 2 feet in front of it.
I would also like the car to be "smart" enough not to beep that it's in reverse before I had the chance to change it out of reverse myself. And of course, the tone is a 120hz sine wave and way too loud. Great to calm the nerves right before work or a long road trip.
And you know what's the bonus point? The headlight on alarm is quiet like a fucking lullaby. Of course my battery died once.
I can guarantee the tones being as loud and obnoxious as they are is the reason people turn them off or buy those clamps to fake wearing a seatbelt.
Even when people use them, they do, they annoy and distract. Which causes accidents.
I'm not going to claim that they cause more accidents than they prevent, but I will claim that these are the most preventable accidents as they are actively caused by literal safety features!