When you are driving do you...

nex20 · 7 Jun 2009 at 20:29

My car has only 3 doors. But if im alone in the car I only leave my drivers door unlocked. Either the car is full or not the boot is always looked when driving.

Black Hat · 7 Jun 2009 at 21:02

Street said:
Mine lock automatically as I drive off.. So yes I do!

Jamesbcd · 7 Jun 2009 at 21:05

Nope. Might think twice now though.

uber soldat · 8 Jun 2009 at 11:59

No, why the hell would i lock the doors while im in the car? Apart from anything else it would make it harder for the Firemen to get me out if i was in an accident. :confused:

[TW]Fox · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:04

uber soldat said:
No, why the hell would i lock the doors while im in the car? Apart from anything else it would make it harder for the Firemen to get me out if i was in an accident.

Any half decent car auto unlocks in the event of an accident?

uber soldat · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:06

[TW]Fox;14238919 said:
Any half decent car auto unlocks in the event of an accident?

BMW's probably will , however with my car being French im almost certain it won't

semi-pro waster · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:07

[TW]Fox;14238919 said:
Any half decent car auto unlocks in the event of an accident?

If it's a car where you've got to manually lock the doors then would that still apply? I suppose it might depend on how you define decent here.

[TW]Fox · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:12

semi-pro waster said:
If it's a car where you've got to manually lock the doors then would that still apply? I suppose it might depend on how you define decent here.

I guess it depends why you've got to manually lock them, if its a car that doesn't offer an autolock function at all, irrespective of whether its activated, I guess it wouldnt.

Doonhamer · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:13

uber soldat said:
No, why the hell would i lock the doors while im in the car? Apart from anything else it would make it harder for the Firemen to get me out if i was in an accident.

Its ok, I believe Fireman are fairly well equipped these days and locked car door wont impede them overly.

The IPB · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:18

I don't have central locking on this car but no I don't lock the drivers door. I haven't locked the doors of the cars I have owned with central locking either.

Never felt the need to.

Abraham · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:35

Doonhamer said:
Its ok, I believe Fireman are fairly well equipped these days and locked car door wont impede them overly.

it will however prevent paramedics being able to get you out of the car before the firemen have cut your door off (I'm not sure whether they'd smash a window to unlock the door if this was the case)

Abraham · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:37

semi-pro waster said:
I don't as a general rule, in fact I can't think of any time where I have done it but I wouldn't discard the idea completely.

This, I know one person who has been carjacked and they are the only person I've even heard of it happening to in the past 20 odd years. I have had a drunk **** try and get into my car when I parked up at my old work thinking I was a taxi, he was trying to open the drivers door though, so I just opened it into him

Wyrdo · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:38

I do but not intentionally, my central locking is buggered and the doors just lock randomly.

Really should get that fixed

bledd · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:43

can't say I ever have

my gf does if she's passenger, incase she 'falls out'

Jamesdavid3 · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:44

locking your doors while your driving seems the most dumbest thing ever...

if you have a car crash and the cars upside down or anything like that you will be stuck as all power on the car would fail getting you stuck inside it.

nice one!

Andr3w · 8 Jun 2009 at 12:51

No because if im stuck in my car i would like other people to be able to get me out

-Ad- · 9 Jun 2009 at 10:30

Jamesdavid3 said:
locking your doors while your driving seems the most dumbest thing ever...

if you have a car crash and the cars upside down or anything like that you will be stuck as all power on the car would fail getting you stuck inside it.

nice one!

A car doesn't suddenly emit an EMP pulse when it turns over :rolleyes:

And even if it does flip the roof will have buckled and shattered the windows anyway. If not you can falcon punch your way out

Freefaller · 9 Jun 2009 at 10:55

Jamesdavid3 said:
locking your doors while your driving seems the most dumbest thing ever...

if you have a car crash and the cars upside down or anything like that you will be stuck as all power on the car would fail getting you stuck inside it.

nice one!

If you have the misfortune to end up upside down you'd have most likely bent your a and b pillars to a certain extent meaning that you wouldn't be able to open your door anyway as they'd be physically jammed - even if not all doors unlock when you pull on the handle anyway - remember locks are mechanical afterall.

It's not a daft idea, and as said a lot of modern cars do this automatically.

agnes · 9 Jun 2009 at 10:57

Ride a motorbike so cant lock anything other than my dignity in my power ranger suit

ags

Robdav · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:15

Azza said:
lock the doors?

I have never done this, my parents or brother don't but some of my friends parents do it.

Anyone else do it and why?

It depends on where I am driving. I lived in nottingham for a year and, like the guy from SA, I locked them as soon as i got in the car.

Round here, it's not as bad, although there are parts of Reading that should have signage up saying "don't for get to lock your doors!" (cemetry junction!)