No, salt and saliva can not be used to smash your car window, despite what Thai social media says

[webfact]

No, salt and saliva can not be used to smash your car window, despite what Thai social media says

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A video of a simple five second car theft has been doing the rounds of Thai social media.

 

The thief throws something at side window that breaks - he then reaches in and grabs a bag and it is all over.

 

 

But what did he throw?

 

Lots of Thais online subscribe to an urban myth that a lump of rock salt covered in saliva was used to break the window.

 

Many of almost a quarter of a million views thought it was possible to break a car window with a handful of salt.

 

The story seems to be based on a 2014 clip of a crime reenactment from Indonesia where a man uses bits from the ceramic section of a motorcycle spark plug to break a car window.

 

 

 

Source: Thairath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-01-16

[Borzandy]

I'm speechless, I have never tried. Only Thais can do........

[Lupatria]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Many of almost a quarter of a million views thought it was possible to break a car window with a handful of salt.

Thailand 4.0 in full gear. I think the country needs more monks and less scientists.

[klauskunkel]

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a quarter of a million views thought it was possible to break a car window with a handful of salt

the same quarter of a million thought it could be prevented with an amulet dangling from the rear-view mirror

[johng]

the ceramic part of a spark plug most definitely does work ,needs quite a hard throw for it to work.

[DM07]

It can!

Just let a monk babble the menu of an Indian restaurant over it and you'll see!

[Sphere]

If they're going about breaking car windows, why not just use one of these handy pocket tools....

 

Same result without the Shaolin temple drama....

 

 

 

Edited January 16, 2017 by Sphere

[HooHaa]

we just used to use the whole spark plug, with a string tied to the contact so you could pull it out.

 

criminality was a very brief phase, experimentation really, but educational.

[HooHaa]

3 minutes ago, Sphere said:

If they're going about breaking car windows, why not just use one of these handy pocket tools....

 

Same result without the Shaolin temple drama....

 

 

 

 

not nearly as easy to conceal i suspect

[hobobo]

2 hours ago, Borzandy said:

I'm speechless, I have never tried. Only Thais can do........

I can just see hundreds of Thais spitting at car windows only to realise they forgot to bring the salt 555

[Rimmer]

An off topic troll post has been removed

[fruitman]

This trick is 20 years old and finally now they know it in Thailand?

 

Some years later came the trick with a tennisball and a mercedes with central locks.

 

Some more years later the trick with hot and cold on a lock.

 

Then they started stealing the airbags and now they steal the xenon headlights.

[bbbbooboo]

......yawn

[JacChang]

3 hours ago, Borzandy said:

I'm speechless, I have never tried. Only Thais can do........

Maybe we need to apply a work permit for those kind of acts.

[biplanebluey]

3 hours ago, Sphere said:

If they're going about breaking car windows, why not just use one of these handy pocket tools....

 

Same result without the Shaolin temple drama....

 

 

 

 

[biplanebluey]

OK But what the hell is it ???????????????????????????

[A1Str8]

1 hour ago, fruitman said:

This trick is 20 years old and finally now they know it in Thailand?

 

Some years later came the trick with a tennisball and a mercedes with central locks.

 

Some more years later the trick with hot and cold on a lock.

 

Then they started stealing the airbags and now they steal the xenon headlights.

so what did he throw?

[tifino]

The raw egg method is simpler (although a bit messier)

and there's no need to wait to approach your empty locked vehicle...

 

 

 

Dude is driving along, when egg(s) thrown onto window

 

During the excitement , the driver doesn't notice person ahead standing on the road,

as he is already busy hitting the wiper switch, to try to clear the windscreen of the yellow mess

 

BIG Mistake!!!

 

I don't know if you have heard what happens when you try to use wipers. to clear away broken eggs

but the result is instant unclearable smearing, that is impossible to look through...

 

Driver stops, and opens door to get out for to clear the mess...

 

Driver gets attacked by dudes, who now no longer need to bother breaking the window

 

The last time it ever happened to me,

was when quite fortunately the egg(s) were thrown by our child's fellow students,

while we were beginning to drive off after picking them up from school

 

 

but the theory works perfectly in practice

[keithathome]

Car spark plugs: easy to conceal with a small surface-area electrode at the ceramic end. A quick tap to break the window. If stopped by police no incriminating evidence as with the small hammer

[Artisi]

Automatic centre punch, instant breakage  - check YouTube to see how easy.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

I am very surprised to see all the criminal types that post on here.Can you pm me a few phone numbers,for the next time i lock my self out of my car!

[HooHaa]

17 hours ago, biplanebluey said:

OK But what the hell is it ???????????????????????????

 

emergency hammer for car window and sealtbelt cutter.