Your car security system can also protect you in your home.

Burglar alarms are a strong deterrent—not because they make your house an impenetrable fortress, but because they're loud and indicate the police are being called. If you don’t have an alarm system installed in your home you can gain some protection using your car alarm's panic button:

If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get into your house, press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key chain fob. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the intruder won't stick around.--TWG