Changed By: John Brown of SE SoDak Change Date: March 29, 2023 09:45AM Re: This reminds me of another quirky Porsche/German automatic door locks. factoid.
Default position for doors while driving in a German car is the unlocked position, whereas in North American cars, ours are locked while driving. When I lived in Germany I asked a couple of German friends about this & they told me their practice is because in the event of an accident, the doors should be unlocked to allow passengers to evacuate the vehicle. I believe we have ours locked to help prevent passengers from being thrown from the vehicle.
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Author: John Brown of SE SoDak Date: March 29, 2023 09:21AM Re: This reminds me of another quirky Porsche/German automatic door locks.
Default position for doors while driving in a German car is the unlocked position, whereas in North American cars, ours are locked while driving. When I lived in Germany I asked a couple of German friends about this & they told me their practice is because in the event of an accident, the doors should be unlocked to allow passengers to evacuate the vehicle. I believe we have ours locked to help prevent passengers from being thrown from the vehicle.