Re: Panic button a bad idea. Disable it?

M.Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I always assumed horns honking in a parking lot were people fumbling with
> their car alarms.  Now after buying a new car (an end-of-year 2003 G.M.) I
> understand that it's probably people accidentally touching the "panic"
> button on their remotes ..like me.  Mine has gone off maybe 6 times in in a
> month-and-a-half just taking keys in and out of my coat pocket. I'm starting
> to carry my keys around like eggshells, ...and tired of waking up my retired
> neighbors when I leave for work.
> Whose dumb idea was the panic button anyway?  That's why God gave us vocal
> chords.
> Is there anyway to disable it?

Sure- you can take the remote apart and put a little piece of tape over
the circuit board where the panic button (almost certainly an molded
conductive elastomer overlay similar to a TV remote) contacts it.