Someone Drove Into My Garage Door

How garage door openers work.

Someone drove into my garage door.

The device he s created dubbed the opensesame can open a garage door using a brute force attack in less than 10 seconds. The first electric garage door opener was introduced in 1926 but. This is the sport that can get hit most by cars and other obstacles. So i m a college student nebraska and made one of the most careless mistakes of my life today.

If you accidentally hit your garage door with your car don t panic. In fact many people crash into their garage doors in the winter after sliding on ice. I was up at 4 30 for a conference had slept maybe 2 hours and accidentally put my car in drive instead of reverse. But whether your homeowners insurance or car insurance pays for it depends on a variety of factors.

If someone else hits your garage door their auto insurance should cover the damage. Someone can hack your garage door in 10 seconds. On average standard garage door openers are strong enough to pull over 350 lb or 160. Lately you can see a lot of articles and reports circulating on the web that mentions the fact that a garage door equipped with an electric door opener can be opened with a hack kid toy that s right.

Garage door professionals say homeowners driving or backing into their garage doors happens all the time. Your insurance may cover the damage. I was parked maybe a foot infront of it and honestly didn t think anything of it. The most common type of garage door accident is when damage is done to the bottom half of the door.

I lightly tapped the garage. Before we get into the details of the vulnerability let s explain a bit about how automatic garage door openers developed.