Re: Were "Suicde Doors" Really Dangerous?
"Back then" when your car wouldn't start, it was pretty common to open the driver door, push the car, jump in and "bump start" it. Not at all uncommon today if you can not recruit a couple of buddys to push from the back.
With suicide doors, opening from the rear, the bottom of the door could catch your leg as you tried to jump in and down you would go, face first on the pavement. If you were lucky, the rear wheel wouldn't run over you, thus a second method of suicide by car door.
Richard
Anaheim, CA
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