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		jbotdev on Nov 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obsolete Sounds: collection of disappearing sounds... They may have banned after-market alarms, but factory-installed car alarms are standard on pretty much every new car in the past 10+ years anyway. I still hear those go off on occasion in NYC. I’m actually having trouble finding a source on the exact rules of the ban, but there are old news articles suggesting that after-market alarms with motion activation were the focus: https://www.qgazette.com/articles/car-alarm-sales-banned-by-...

nine_k on Nov 29, 2022 [–]

There is enough cars from other states in NYC to add the occasional car alarm sound to a street, I suspect.

jbotdev on Nov 29, 2022 | [–]

My point is there seems to be no ban on factory-installed alarms (source: I have purchased new cars in NYC in the past decade with working alarms).

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