Should a Bottle Always Be Put on Tires When Parked? In earlyNovember 2021, an online advertisement showed a plastic bottle on atire on a parked car with the text: “Always Put a Plastic Bottle OnYour Tires When Parked, Here’s Why.” A variation read, “Jam ABottle In Your Parked Car’s Tire When Traveling Alone.” The waterbottle brand in the ad provided a hint as to where the photographwas taken. We found the ad on a number of news websites alongsidelegitimate news stories, likely leading some readers to believethat the plastic bottle tip was genuine. The brand of the waterbottle in the picture was Akba (Aqua). We traced it to Russia,which might also be where the advertiser is based. We clicked thead. It led to a 50-page slideshow article on a website namedRichouses. Its headline read: “Car Maintenance Tips To Help KeepYour Vehicle In Perfect Condition.” The same article was alsoposted on Definition.org, even showing another picture of a plasticbottle on the tire of a parked car. This picture appeared at thebeginning of the 50-page article on Definition.org. The rest of thestory mentioned nothing about putting a plastic bottle on a tire.We flipped through all 50 pages on both websites. The idea to“always put a plastic bottle on your tired when parked” was nevermentioned. This misleading ad looked to be twisted from a previousonline scare we reported on in 2018. It also involved plasticbottles, tires, and parked cars. However, in this case, criminalswere supposedly placing the bottles in wheel wells so they wouldmake a crunching sound. In theory, this would cause the driver toexit the vehicle to investigate. At that point, the driver would becarjacked. However, our conclusion of the claim was rated“Unproven” as we found no reports that a criminal had done this toanyone. This photograph went around on social media in 2018. Our2018 fact check was similar to other baseless claims we’veresearched about parked cars. We’ve looked at strange rumorsinvolving sex traffickers tagging cars, coins and hole punches indoor handles, zip ties on mirrors, and cheese on hoods. Further, asfor the “always put a plastic bottle on your tires when parked” ad,we’ve seen this usage of the word “always” before. For example,other ads said to “always” put a towel under a hotel door, “always”put coins in a hotel’s sink, and “always” put a bag over a carmirror. In sum, no, drivers don’t need to put a plastic bottle ontheir tires when parked. The clickbait advertisement was crafted tomake readers click through 50 pages for nothing so that theadvertiser could make more money on the ads viewed on each of the50 pages than it cost to display the original ad that led themthere.

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