Penny In A Door Handle

Whether your car is sitting in your driveway or a lot when you are shopping.

Penny in a door handle.

The thief wouldn t even have to follow you anywhere. It involves putting a penny or another coin in the car door handle just like this. Keep adding pennies equally to the top and bottom until you can t squeeze another one in. How are they using a coin to enter your car.

Repeat process below the handle. See what happened when she grabbed it. Thus because the door will not lock the thief can now easily get into the car to steal belongings or even the vehicle itself. Slide several pennies into the crack between the door and the jamb molding about 18 above the handle.

But the door with the penny in the handle does not lock. When you unlock your car using your key fob it will essentially prevent the door from locking again once you get out. The first fatal flaw with the penny in the door theory is that door handles aren t designed to open when they re only opened slightly. The new trick that criminals are utilizing to steal your car involves putting a penny in the door handle just like this.

Start by pushing in the door near the top. You probably wouldn t notice it on the passenger side or one of the rear doors but when you go to lock your car the coin will keep that door from locking properly leaving the door open for thieves. It is hindered from this function because of the penny being slid under the handle jamming the locking mechanism.