Victoria is a popular Instagrammed who shares tips on travel safely. In a popular recent video she showed her “go-to safety tips” for when she is “parking in sketchy areas.” The one that caught the most attention from commenters was covering her seat in a hoodie, complete with sunglasses and a pool noodle arms.

In the video, Victoria opens her Toyota Venza door. Then she pulls a hoodie down over her driver’s seat. She puts a ball cap and sunglasses on the headrest before pulling the hood forward. She even pushes the ends of a pool noodle into each sleeve. Finally, she slides the seat all the way forward and places these noodle arms on the steering wheel.

Would the pool noodle hack actually work?

This hoodie and pool noodle “hack” has earned Victoria over 300k Instagram likes. But it’s also earned her some criticism from her 700k followers in the comments section. I have to admit, a quick glance at her mannequin looks uncannily like someone sitting in the driver’s seat. Perhaps it would be a good way to dissuade anyone driving by a parking lot from stopping to look at your car more closely. But it wouldn’t stand up to closer inspection. And it presents other problems.

One commenter said, “Imagine getting out of the car in an actually sketchy neighborhood and doing this ?” It does seem like a way to extend your time outside your car in a “sketchy” neighborhood. A quicker hack than the hoodie and pool noodle might be a hat or baklava fitted over your headrest all the time. This way, you don’t have to “prep” your car to leave it.

A second commenter said, “Baby if you need to do all of that you don’t need to be there.” Finally, a third commenter had an interesting warning. “Girl. Some random person sitting in a car with a hoodie and shades, in a ‘sketchy neighborhood’ is a sure fire way to get your car shot up.”

Another one of Victoria’s “sketchy neighborhood” safety hacks is problematic

Victoria’s second tip is throwing an Apple AirTag under her driver’s side floor mat. These are little GPS trackers Apple sells which you can attach to your keychain or leave in your backpack. Then, you can open the “Find My” app on your computer or iPhone and locate these items. Seems like a foolproof way to find a stolen car, right? Wrong.

If a thief drives away in your car, the AirTag will eventually pair to their phone and a message will pop up. ” “AirTag Found Moving With You.” Why? So a stalker can’t slip an AirTag into someone’s purse or pocket to follow them. The device will even emit a beeping sound to give away its location. The thief could find it, claim it, and even pair it with their own Apple account so you wouldn’t have access to its location any longer.