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by gus_massa 1296 days ago
> so the driver's door opens like a suicide door, while the passenger one opens like a conventional door.

Is it really more dangerous than a normal door? Someone is going to use it only when the car is parked anyway.

(I'd used the oposite design. A normal door for the driver that is always present and when parked in the street opens the door into transit, and a weird door for the passenger that opens the door into the sidewalk. Am I missing something?)

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Wikipedia lists some advantages & disadvantages of suicide doors here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_door#Advantages On a modern vehicle moving at most 28 mph they are unlikely to be dangerous.