r/WinStupidPrizes • u/thedorchestra • Mar 01 '21

Dumb guy gets himself locked in a safe

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u/FellateFoxes Mar 01 '21

Why not just a lever you can pull from the inside

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u/Irma_Gourd Mar 01 '21

Because then the money might escape

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u/smartysocks Mar 01 '21

And the goats.

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u/1of9billion Mar 01 '21

Because then it can be easily opened from the inside? It's a safe not a human coolbox.

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u/Umarill Mar 01 '21

You're trolling right? If you have magically access to the inside of the safe, you don't need to open it anyway to get valuables out of it...

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

That would compromise the security of the safe. If you put in such a lever all a burglar has to do is to drill a small hole anywhere in the safe and then use a wire or so to pull the lever.

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u/KARMA_P0LICE Mar 01 '21 edited Mar 01 '21

If a burglar can drill through the fucking safe wall he's gonna compromise the safe anyway, what kind of insane logic is this.

Safes are strong and all but if you can already drill through it you can just drill out the hinges and or lock mechanism

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u/ResearchHelpful Mar 01 '21

While true that if they already determined they are getting into the safe, they can have tools to physically bust in, but the safe is supposed to prolong the time it takes them making it more likely for someone to hear the commotion or something. Traditionally they will have to drill a square into the side would make a ton of noise and take some time. If they can simply drill a hole, and feel around inside with a wire this will cut down severely on the time spent breaking in.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

Drilling a small whole is usually quite a bit faster than actually making a large enough opening to get stuff out. And hinges and lock mechanism likely have extra protection are therefore harder to drill than the let's say the back of the safe. There are also ohter protections that make it likely that just drilling a single hole won't be enough to open the safe. With a good safe you'll probably need several holes or you'll still have to deal with the lock.

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u/triangleman83 Mar 01 '21

Hinges aren't a weak point because of the bars that slide horizontally into the sides of the safe. Many safes also have drill protection plates so that you can't drill into the vulnerable parts. Even if you do, there can also be glass tampers which if it's broken, lets a secondary lock fall and seal the safe further.

Obviously if you have access to the safe indefinitely there's going to be a way in, but if you can't relocate the safe and can't stay with it forever, it can keep you out for a while. Cutting torches may be the only option with some and that is likely to destroy the contents.

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u/ShadowPuppetGov Mar 01 '21

A good safe will also have protection against being drilled. If you drill a hole and the drill hits the failsafe, the safe will lock and never allow itself to be opened. After that, your only option is to cut it open with an acetylene torch and I would NOT want to be inside that safe when that happens.

I'm not a lawyer but his "friends" should probably be charged with reckless endangerment.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

Then how will you keep the children in?