Motormouth: Why they call them suicide doors
by Bob Weber, Chicago Tribune
Jun 28, 2019
2 minutes
Q: Why are they called suicide doors?
- E.W., Chicago
A: I have heard some theories as to how they got their name. One is that the door could fly open and the passenger, trying to grab the door, would be blown out of the car and into traffic. (This was prior to seat belts.) Another is that when exiting the car,
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