Hi all,
Twice in the last month some mofo has walked up my driveway, which is around 150' long in a wooded area, and messed with my cars. Once he opened the disco and another vehicle, and stole some stuff (old laptop, gps), and last night at 3:14am he again tried the disco, though this time I had locked it. We live near Princeton and generally people don't lock there cars much.
I saw the guy just by chance, and (for better or worse) my instinct was to open the window of my house and shout out at the guy. He then walked off leisurely. Some pics are on this site if anyone is curious:
http://forum.networkwebcams.com/viewtopic.php?p=1756#1756
My question to all you nice rover folk is this: What can I do about this guy, if he comes back again? Assiming that I am not awake just by chance, is there a system that I can buy that can signal me in the house if the car door is opened? Some kind of wireless alarm system?
I'm installing a tracking device in case he actually steals it, but I want to catch him at it. I'm not a gun person, though I have applied for a firearms license, and I would not hesitate to go after someone if I were armed. But my question is mainly on the notification of such an event if it happens again. I can think of rigging up cabling and such, but want to know if anyone else has successfully rigged up something that will chime in their house.
Twice in the last month some mofo has walked up my driveway, which is around 150' long in a wooded area, and messed with my cars. Once he opened the disco and another vehicle, and stole some stuff (old laptop, gps), and last night at 3:14am he again tried the disco, though this time I had locked it. We live near Princeton and generally people don't lock there cars much.
I saw the guy just by chance, and (for better or worse) my instinct was to open the window of my house and shout out at the guy. He then walked off leisurely. Some pics are on this site if anyone is curious:
http://forum.networkwebcams.com/viewtopic.php?p=1756#1756
My question to all you nice rover folk is this: What can I do about this guy, if he comes back again? Assiming that I am not awake just by chance, is there a system that I can buy that can signal me in the house if the car door is opened? Some kind of wireless alarm system?
I'm installing a tracking device in case he actually steals it, but I want to catch him at it. I'm not a gun person, though I have applied for a firearms license, and I would not hesitate to go after someone if I were armed. But my question is mainly on the notification of such an event if it happens again. I can think of rigging up cabling and such, but want to know if anyone else has successfully rigged up something that will chime in their house.