# Cut starter solenoid wire to fake a car crash??

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-starter-solenoid-wire-to-fake-a-car-crash/715345 "2015-03-19T01:06:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-starter-solenoid-wire-to-fake-a-car-crash/715345/7 "2015-03-19T06:19:34Z")

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I had a '64 Chevy truck. It became energized early one morning. While in granny low, it crossed the street and t-boned the neighbor’s car. The police woke me up, hoping to bust me for DUI. The only thing that saved me was a neighbor who witnessed the event. She told the police there was no one in the truck when it collided.

The cop talked to a few mechanics and finally agreed with the witness.

It can happen. The truck was 39 years old when it went out on its own that morning.

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