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I have to agree with Toby on this one..... The additional danger from suicide doors is more to the car than to the passengers. Accidently opening the doors while moving WILL cause significant damage to the car and could tear the door from the hinges. If you are seatbelted (we all wear our seat belts, right), suicide doors will not increase your chances of being thrown from the car in an accident. Maybe before seatbelts were standard equipment and people used them, you could fall out if the door was accidently opened while moving, but not if you are belted. Suicide doors are making a comeback. Check out any extended cab truck with 3rd or 4th doors. The rear doors are suicide. And now the Saturn Coupe has a suicide 3rd door. Granted these doors can not be opened unless the front doors are opened first, and they are technically not doors.....they are "access panels". Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) prohibit suicide passenger doors on production vehicles. Later, John Jaranson (former Ford Motor Company Safety Research Engineer) '71 FI Auto Fasty ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe