Can You Unlock Your Car Door with a Tennis Ball?

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This rumor's perennial popularity (despite its falseness) has likely hinged on the number of users who pass it along 'just in case' without actually trying the purported life hack themselves.

In February 2016 social media users began sharing videos and articles displaying an interesting claim, holding that motorists could unlock their car doors using just a tennis ball:One of the most frustrating things you can do is lock your keys in your car. You know you do it almost the second it happens.

An immediate red flag of nonsense was apparent if readers clicked through to view the embedded video on YouTube, which was prefaced with the clause that the advice was intended for"innocent women only": Given that this clip was circulating as early as 2007, its claims rendered the entire prospect of locking one's vehicle moot. If unlocking any car were as simple as making the equivalent of a universal master key by burning a hole in a tennis ball, unscrupulous thieves needed only to invest in a can of tennis balls to break in to any and all cars at their leisure. Yet in the years since 2007, car break-ins haven't hugely increased.

There's nothing worse than locking yourself out of your car. You likely recall that moment of horror which washes over you once you realize what you have done.

 

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