Re: TI-H: Off Topic, Windows 95 trivia

Re: TI-H: Off Topic, Windows 95 trivia

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• Subject: Re: TI-H: Off Topic, Windows 95 trivia
• From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
• Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:20:59 -0900
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>>What are suicide door and knobs I have never heard of them?
>>/-\ ndrew |\| iemants
>
>Suicide doors are doors on a car that open in opposite directions,
>that is, the front door opens forward (as usual), and the rear
>door opens the other way (a style that is becomming common in
>extended cab pickups and some cars).  They were called suicide
>doors when they first came out because they had latching problems,
>and in even a minor crash they would open, tossing people out on
>the pavement.
>
>Suicide knobs are basicly doorknobs mounted on a steering wheel.
>To make steering easier.  Not sure why they are called suicide
>knobs though.  In some places they are illegal.

Because in the first generation of powersteering cars people didn't heed
the warnings in the manual.  THey would forget and crank the wheel 2 or 3
times going 75mph and then die.

Illegal?  Get some strong velcro.  :)

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