{"id":13760,"date":"2025-10-24T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=13760"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:59:55","slug":"why-you-should-never-ignore-a-penny-stuck-in-your-car-door-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=13760","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Never Ignore a Penny Stuck in Your Car Door Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most drivers wouldn\u2019t think twice about seeing a random penny stuck in their car door handle\u2014but they should. It may seem like a harmless prank or something someone dropped by accident, but in many reported cases, it\u2019s actually a sneaky tactic used by car thieves to gain easy access to your vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a penny is wedged into the passenger-side door handle, the door may not fully lock\u2014especially on older models or cars with certain central locking systems. You might lock your car as usual, hear the click, and walk away thinking it&#8217;s secure. But from the other side, the jammed handle can prevent the lock from engaging properly. Thieves then wait until you leave, quietly remove the penny, open the unlocked door, and drive off\u2014or steal valuables from inside within seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This trick is often used in busy areas like shopping centers, parking lots, or outside apartment buildings, where people are easily distracted and may not double-check each door. So if you ever notice a coin or any unusual object lodged in your car\u2019s handle, take it seriously\u2014remove it immediately, check all the locks manually, and stay alert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most drivers wouldn\u2019t think twice about seeing a random penny stuck in their car door handle\u2014but they should. It may seem like a harmless prank or something&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":223,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13762,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760\/revisions\/13762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}