She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
Rubber band on door handle crimes.
But the truth is that criminals can and do exist everywhere even in the most unassuming of towns and there s no telling whether or not your home is next on their list.
You don t even need to open the door.
It s a sobering thought for anyone who worries about home.
On 21 april 2016 facebook user kim fleming posted an image of a rubber band stretched over a door latch handle along with a message warning people about a new method of employing rubber bands.
People that find a rubber band on their front door should stop and call the police we all want to assume that we re safe inside our own homes.
What happens is as soon as you unlatch the door the person can bust in.
A simple rubber band says mashable.
Loop a rubber band around a doorknob so it makes an x that presses the latch open.
Now if the door closes you can push it back open with your body even if your hands are full.
The rubber band will cushion the slamming.
She s a midwest gal who.
Then twist the rubber band once and then loop it around the other knob.
All you have to do is unlatch it.
By olivia romero.
Hook the rubber band around the doorknobs on both sides of the door making sure it doesn t interfere with the latch.
The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut.
To keep that from happening take a rubber band and loop it around one doorknob or handle.