{"id":522,"date":"2025-08-05T23:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:01:48","slug":"that-penny-in-the-car-door-handle-might-seem-harmless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"That penny in the car door handle might seem harmless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Criminals sometimes wedge a coin (like a penny) in the door handle of the passenger side.<\/strong>&nbsp;When you lock the car using your key fob or central lock system, the jammed mechanism&nbsp;<strong>might prevent the door from locking properly<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 but you might not notice. Then, when you walk away, the thief comes back, opens the unlocked door, and steals what\u2019s inside or even takes the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do if you find one:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Remove it immediately.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check that all doors are properly locked.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inspect for other signs of tampering.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consider notifying local authorities<\/strong>\u00a0if anything seems suspicious.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check security camera footage<\/strong>\u00a0if parked near a store or in a monitored lot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Safety Tip:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Always manually check that your car doors are locked \u2014 especially the passenger side \u2014 even if you used a remote key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay alert. It could save you a lot of trouble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminals sometimes wedge a coin (like a penny) in the door handle of the passenger side.&nbsp;When you lock the car using your key fob or central lock&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}