KY DRIVERS: Here’s Another Scare Tactic Myth…This Time About Your Door Handle

It hasn't even been a week since I posted a story about water bottles being placed atop car tires and what that means for your safety. I wrote about it because it's a silly myth with no proof that there's any real danger involved. And it looks like someone who read the piece decided to have a little fun with me.

No, I'm not concerned. It's obviously a joke (perpetrated by an unknown, which is fine); the myth is debunked; and even if it WAS true, the bottle is on my mirror not my tire. I'm always down for a little humor.

Fast forward to a few hours ago and THIS Facebook post:

Since she asked, I thought I'd look into it since I've never heard of this little piece of folklore before. And, I'll be honest, I approached my search with a good deal of skepticism. Fool me once, and all that.

Well I began by clicking the suggested link to avokaddo.com, and it explained that by wedging a coin into the passenger door, it would make the car easier to steal. Again, I was already skeptical. So, next on the agenda was a trip to Snopes, the myth-busting website that's cracked a number of "cases" over the years. They reached out to Caliber Collision Repair in Lindenhurst, NY and killed the myth:

It sounds to me like there needs to be a Facebook group that rounds up all of these scare tactics and exposes every one of them at once.

Social media can be so tiresome.