The point of this prank is to lock someone in a room usually causing significant confusion as to what is wrong with the door and or handle.
Snopes coin in door handle.
So if a penny or coin were thick enough to unlatch the door handle you d receive a door ajar dashboard alert.
However while the hole punch technique is referenced in a number of news stories published between 1990 and the present there were many more instances cited in which cars were burgled the old fashioned way.
Everyone has those few doors which are prone to slamming loudly whether at home or at the office.
Slide several pennies into the crack between the door and the jamb molding about 18 above the handle.
Start by pushing in the door near the top.
But consider how many people handle doorknobs or similar fixtures in a day.
Warning claims parking lot carjackers are placing flyers or 100 bills on the windows of cars then taking the cars when drivers step out of their vehicles to remove them.
What s more bond points out that frequently touched items collect salts from the sweat of many people which makes the corrosive layer tougher and longer lasting.
Coins in car door theft warning there has been no rash of car or property thefts due to nickels or pennies jammed in door handles and car experts say that warnings about them are implausible.
Razor blade reportedly found on shopping cart handle a customer at a bismarck n d walmart reported that she found a long razor blade embedded in the handle of her shopping cart.
Repeat process below the handle.
Bloody hook is found on the door handle of a car.
Crime alert warns that thieves drill a hole under a vehicle s door handle break in steal only one item then use the auto s gps to locate the car owner s home for future burglary.
A simple rubber band says mashable.
Bloody hook is found on the door handle of a car.
The puncture hole that the intruders leave under the lock usually on the driver s side door is only up to about a half inch in diameter.
Modern cars have separate door latch sensors for each door so you d immediately know if the sensor s circuit weren t completed.