I'm happy John M. Wilson can take such a lighthearted view of urban America's latest assault on the human nervous system--the car burglar alarm ("An Alarming Situation Disrupts Life," Other Views, June 10).
Recently I was prosecuted for criminal vandalism for trying to quiet an alarm that blasted outside my window regularly everyday at 5:30 a.m. Although two city ordinances allow reasonable actions against public nuisances, the public defender urged me to pay, saying I would "go down in flames." When the judge said the laws were inapplicable and urged me to reconsider going to trial, I tossed in the towel and shelled out $450.
