How many people drive with their doors unlocked?

[JJEH]

Ours lock automatically once you hit a certain speed. However, I lock them as soon as everyone is in the vehicle.

 

[Bib]

If you don't like your doors locking automatically when you start driving you should read your owners manual....you most likely can disable that feature...like I did

 

[finesse_r]

I drive a convertible. The reason for having a convertible is drive with the top down. Many do not know this, it seems. For me that top only goes up if it is raining, why lock the door?

Protection against the carjackers that are too inept to figure out the locking system and too lazy to climb over the locked door, which is probably most of them.

 

[Old cop]

Our 2003 car and the 2014 truck both lock as soon as the car goes into gear. Pretty hard to drive with the doors unlocked.

 

[bgrafsr]

My Honda Odyssey locks the doors at about 10 mph. When you parked the vehicle, you had to unlock the doors before anyone could get out. I programmed the vehicle to automatically unlock the doors when the vehicle's transmission is put into Park.

 

[bricker]

I drive a convertible. The reason for having a convertible is drive with the top down. Many do not know this, it seems. For me that top only goes up if it is raining, why lock the door?

Do you at least roll the windows up?

 

[John Fritz]

Only because they lock auto. Otherwise, non-issue.

 

[Ed Fowler]

Locked doors aggravate me. When my ex wife bought a car that locked the doors automatically and I found that I could not open the door on my own I quit riding with her.

I want to be able to smell the world around me, hear the birds or siren approaching, it is called being aware.

Freedom for myself and trust of my fellow man are very important to me, I will not throw them away for the sake of insecurity on my part.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

All my locks lock when moving. My VW (diesel by the way) will UNLOCK the doors automatically after a crash, which is helpful in case I am unable to do it myself.

My Tundra has mechanical locks as well as the electrical lock, so if the battery goes dead I can still open the doors, not sure about the VW, will have to check it out.

 

[Walter Rego]

I disabled the auto-lock feature on my car. But the passenger side is always locked. I don't lock the driver's door when driving and out of habit, when I exit the vehicle I thumb the lock button to the locked position. My car has keyless entry and one touch of the button on the handle only unlocks the driver's door. I detest auto locking or unlocking. I'll do it myself thank you very much.

 

[tcon]

I have a 4Runner that is so secure that you had better not get out and leave your keys in the car either in or out of the ignition. It will lock you out!

 

[Protected One]

I once had someone jump in my car when I got into it at night in a parking lot. He was hiding below the window on the passenger side so I couldn't see. Criminals are fast, it happened in an instant. It was a frightening experience and am glad I didn't get hurt. I think that was partially due to me being able to talk him out of whatever he was planning to do. I always approach my car from behind now and make sure my car is locked once I get in. Yes, I lock it at gas stations too if I need to step away from the car. I even lock my dad in the car when he's with me and take the keys if I step away (he has dementia).

You've given me something else to fold into my security protocols. Thanks!

My wife locks her doors when she drives, I don't.

Why not?

 

[vytoland]

our car doors lock as soon as you put it in gear...........that's fine with me............too many crazies out there to leave yoursrlf unsafe.....

 

[soFlaNative]

Windows down and doors locked... I fiddle around at stop lights and don't want to fall out.

 

[Cyrano]

My car locks automatically; my truck doesn't, and I rarely lock the truck while driving.

 

[Ranger514]

Auto locks engage when my truck is moving. Out of habit, I usually hit the lock button if I'm parked, sitting in my truck in urban areas, or where strangers are present.

 

[RJJ 1971]

Auto locks are in my focus.

 

[Nightowl]

I detest auto locking vehicle doors. Don't ask me why, I don't know. I will lock the doors when in unsavory places, and I lock my car whenever I am away from it, sometimes even in the garage.

 

[Fat Frank]

Our newest vehicle is a '98 Toyota Prado (Land Cruiser). The other two cars are quite a bit older. There are no "features" on any of these where the car assumes it knows what I want (unless you consider the automatic transmissions). I don't like things making my decisions for me. If I want the doors locked or my seatbelt on, etc. I will do it. I don't want automatic daytime driving lights or sensors that automatically apply the brakes if I'm too close to something either. Call me old fashioned or a control freak, but that's ok.
And, No. I don't drive around with the doors locked. Unless the weather is particularly nasty/cold, I usually drive with all the windows down in my pillarless coupe - the way it was meant to be. I don't venture into unsavory places, so it isn't a problem.
Sometimes I question my decision to move my family here to South Australia. This is not one of those times.
G'Day mates.

 

[LVSteve]

I was born and part raised in London, so my car doors were locked looong before I could afford anything with electric locks.

I don't drive with the windows open unless I am off-roading very slowly. Too much dust and heat in Vegas for riding in the open IMHO, not to mention the human factors. Anybody who has a problem with the doors being locked and being required to wear a seatbelt is left at the first available bus stop.

On all the cars with electric locking I have been in, you can open the passenger doors BUT it usually requires pressing a different switch on the door, not just tugging on the door handle. It's not that hard.