# Excuse me sir, you seem to have something dangling...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-sir-you-seem-to-have-something-dangling/37139>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-sir-you-seem-to-have-something-dangling/37139 "2000-10-16T17:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-sir-you-seem-to-have-something-dangling/37139/1 "2000-10-16T17:16:05Z")

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from the bottom of your car. Lately I’ve noticed a lot of new cars have a strap dangling from the bottom of the car. I’m curious as to what that strap is for. any help would be appreciated  
Thanks: Keith

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-sir-you-seem-to-have-something-dangling/37139/2 "2000-10-16T17:30:03Z")

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I dunno. Could it be a (conductive) strap for discharging the build-up of static charge?