Suicide doors

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Suicide doors are fast becoming popular on show cars. What though is a suicide door and what are the advantages and disadvantages of them? The hinges of car doors are located to the front and the door opens from the rear. This has been the long established norm for car doors for as long as one can remember.

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Suicide doors were common on cars manufactured in the first half of the 20th century. In the era before seat belts, the accidental opening of such doors meant that there was a greater risk of falling out of the vehicle compared to front-hinged doors, where airflow pushed the doors closed rather than opening them further. Suicide doors were especially popular with mobsters in the gangster era of the 1930s, supposedly due to the ease of pushing passengers out of moving vehicles.
 

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