What's the dangly black thing on the rear of a car for?
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these are anti static devices so you don't get a shock from the car door if it's metal when you open it.
it's probably a broken part - nothing should really be "dangling" from a car!
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EDITED TO ADD: d'oh! I think answerer #2 got it! good job #2!
that is wear u hang ur coat
Anti static, sometimes you can get a static shock when you touch a car that has just been used
It is meant to reduce static and therefore be a cure for travel sickness
Displaces static electricity.
Cloth seats and interiors create large amounts of static, the "thingy" displaces it.
it takes the static out of the car it earths it
... some people have static problems .. it is to discharge the static to ground ..
depending on if its from the axle. its a static device. if its from the bumper its a plug in for a trailor if you were to tow something
Fix it. There shouldn't be anything "dangling" fro the rear of your car.It's probably a trailer lighting pigtail.
They use to put a black dangly thing on the back of cars to ground the car to the road. Why they did this may have had something to do with the radio. Back in those days. around the 1940-50"s
Never seen anything like that
Its a device for transferring static electricity away from the car so you dont get a shock when openning the door.
That's what's left of the guy that tried to steal your hubcaps.
If you notice these straps they only touch ground when you actually slow right down or stop it then discharges static electricity and is supposed to help travel sickness as already mentioned
Maybe not black but dark blue in which case it is probably a policeman who has been run over.
To dissipate static electricity so you do not create a spark at the gas pump.
They get rid of static but are of no help in a lightning storm. As a matter of fact, they make your car a lightning rod.
Its the thing that 'earths' your car, so you don't get electrocuted.
what on earth are you talkin' about?
dangly bits, heh heh heh
it's what the daddy car puts into the mommy car to make a baby car.
To earth the build up of static electricity.
have you ever got out of a car and got a shock when you've touched the door to shut it? well this thing you ask of stops that by earthing the car to stop the build up of static electricity.
every car should have one (if I'm getting in it anyway!!)
its an earth wire to stop travel sickness's
if in Liverpool that would be the remains of shrek's family who were trying to steal your wheels or if your a granny they were trying to sleep with you
They're not fitted on cars as standard. They're anti-static strips that people believe reduce travel-sickness. However, there's conflicting evidence as to their effectiveness.! In some instances, people have been cured of travel sickness because they believed the strips were fitted, even though they weren't!
In addition, they can help to prevent the static shocks that we often get from cars by providing a path for the buildup of static electricity back down to earth.
Stops car sickness anti static !!
It is supposed to earth static electricity.
To help prevent a build up of static electricity.So you won't get an electric shock when oppening the door.
As todays car seats are mainly material movement whilst Travelling creates static electricity that cannot discharge as
the tyers insulate the car
So the strap contains a metal strip that touches the road to take Static to earth so you don't get a shock as you get out of your car
The tail?
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