Maybe in Norway or Canada or other 'rich' countries.
Most people have no place to park their cars, they just leave them wherever in the open (since most live in apartments and there are few garages available).
Those who have enough money to afford an alarm system and pay the increased gasoline bill (because it adds about an hour of idling your engine each day) rarely revert to such measures, but many do. I see them every morning when temperature drops below -30°C or so.
Most people have no place to park their cars, they just leave them wherever in the open (since most live in apartments and there are few garages available).
Those who have enough money to afford an alarm system and pay the increased gasoline bill (because it adds about an hour of idling your engine each day) rarely revert to such measures, but many do. I see them every morning when temperature drops below -30°C or so.