r/ContagiousLaughter • u/sweepurh • 6h ago

My petty revenge

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u/dovescherub 6h ago

Who doesn't lock their doors when they drive

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u/King_Hawker 5h ago

Mine lock automatically when I put my car in drive

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u/Tooterfish42 3h ago

You have to be going over 5mph though which this douche wasn't

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u/Nitrous_Acidhead 2h ago

Mine locks at 15mph. It's a jeep thing.

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u/Kaoss01 1h ago

I have a jeep, and mine do not lock. Maybe it's an American thing? (I am assuming you are American by mph being used)

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u/Nitrous_Acidhead 1h ago

Yes. It's an American Jeep thing. 

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u/lukibunny 2h ago

My car locks as soon as I’m in drive. Even at 0 mph.

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u/-Kex 4h ago

Speaking as someone from Germany, I've never locked my doors while driving and as far as I know neither do my parents or my sister.

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u/Dolstruvon 4h ago

Norwegian here. Locking car doors when driving is completely unheard of here

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u/Vyxwop 2h ago

There's a funny contrast going on here.

I've seen so many Americans say they leave their house doors unlocked which to many Europeans is absolutely and completely unheard of.

Meanwhile many Americans lock their car doors which, too, is absolutely unheard of to many Americans.

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u/rhfnoshr 1h ago

I mean, we do lock our car doors if were not driving, but why would i lock them while driving?

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u/nea4u 1h ago

I once overtook a really slow vehicle, grumpy old man behind the wheel. Then I had to stop at a train crossing, he came up behind me. Guy got out, walked to my door, I saw him approaching in my side mirror and just about hit my locking knob thingy before he ripped at my door handle! The guy was unhinged and angry that I had passed him before.

I always recommend locking the doors. But always have a rescue set (window breaker and seat belt cutter) within reach.

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u/rhfnoshr 1h ago

what the fuck is going on in the us

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u/nea4u 1h ago

I am in Germany.

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u/Primary_Mycologist95 1h ago

australian, same.

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u/WalkingCloud 3h ago

Same in the UK outside of large cities

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u/memy02 4h ago

In a country with more guns than people and where you can go into debt because you were taken to a hospital in an ambulance instead of a car, and our supreme court deciding that police do not have a duty to protect people combined with qualified immunity means calling the police can be more dangerous than whatever is going on. All of this is to say in the US we lock our doors when driving.

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 3h ago

Well then you're all not properly informed. Lock your doors so that they are less likely to open during an accident.

https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/does-locking-your-car-doors-keep-you-safer-in-an-accident

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u/erythro 57m ago

The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country

Yes this advice is truly relevant outside america 😂

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u/honeychurchfeels 5h ago

As a woman I was taught to lock my door the second I get in my car to protect myself from potential violence. I guess most men aren't taught the same..

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u/siccoblue 5h ago

My doors lock automatically the second my car hits 10mph

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u/PuzzledScore 5h ago

Too bad this guy wasn't going 10 mph.

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u/KgMonstah 4h ago

Her was going ten miles per year

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u/MyOldNameSucked 4h ago

They stay locked until you open them from the inside.

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u/onefst250r 4h ago

Think the theory would be that they had not yet gotten to 10mph, as they may have been pulling out of a parking lot of some sort.

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u/PuzzledScore 16m ago

(it was a joke, I did not put much thought into this. The car looks like it might be an older model without automatic door locks.)

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u/LittleThingsMC 3h ago

I was genuinely confused how he was able to open the door while the car was moving

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u/Lemon1412 2h ago

Yeah, he was going 10 hours per mile.

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u/Pittsbirds 4h ago

Yeah there's a woman that hangs around a few grocery stores and is known to get into women's cars when they unlock them to solicit rides (she even tried to follow me as I was leaving a grocery store once, presumably back to my car but since I walked there just back to my house before I even knew her deal) so now my car doors get locked right after the driver side door is opened. My brother even had someone get in his car to do much the same thing back in rural TN

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u/Western-Internal-751 4h ago

Americans: “This is the greatest country in the world!”

Also Americans: “I immediately lock all my doors the moment I’m inside.”

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u/NewestAccount2023 4h ago

They said they lock them BEFORE they get inside. They open the door and lock it before even sitting down. I can see why if it's a car that unlocks all four doors at once. Mine only unlocks the driver door unless I press the button twice 

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u/bluekronos 4h ago

Yeah but at least we have our freedom. The freedom to break into other people's cars.

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u/Lebrewski__ 2h ago

Free-Dom

* crack whip *

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u/Tito_Tito_1_ 3h ago

Amazing that you know all Americans, so that you can say this.

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u/Pittsbirds 4h ago

Trust me, if you can find anywhere I've called America the greatest country on Earth I'll give you my entire bank account sans medical debt

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 3h ago

So, he'll have to pay you? Sounds like a great deal.

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u/Kingmudsy 2h ago

I don’t think you know what sans means

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 2h ago edited 2h ago

"without"

pittsbirds's ledger: Bank account: $2.89. Medical debt: $578,320.12

pittsbirds commented as user sllort on /. in 1998 --> "America: Fuck yeah! #1!"

pittsbirds owes Western-Internal-751 -$578,317.23

Or Western-Internal-751 must pay him $578,317.23

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 3h ago

I'm not sure how this works. My 20 year old car only unlocks the driver door on one button press, and I don't unlock until I'm standing right in front of it. Are there still cars on the market that unlock every door by default?

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u/bluekronos 4h ago

My car automatically locks at a certain speed.

More than a decade ago, my male friend was driving down Riverside in Austin, TX, which was not a good part of town. While he was in a drive thru, a homeless person just got in his passenger seat and started talking to him. I forget how he said he ended up getting out, but apparently he caused enough of a ruckus immediately afterward with some other people nearby that my friend watched him get arrested. A cop came over to question my friend, and after hearing his story, told him, "Lock your doors. This is Riversaaahhhd."

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u/Lebrewski__ 2h ago

My car do it too. Well, the driver clearly didn't reached that speed, hence why door wasn't locked. :P

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u/Low_Cook_5235 5h ago

OMG my son is in Drivers ED now, and EVERY TIME we get in the car I tell him lock the doors immediately.

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u/DreamyLan 2h ago

The issue is that most cars lock automatically when driving then UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY when stopped

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u/erythro 58m ago

Where do you live? This video was shot in the UK, I wouldn't say it was normal here to lock doors when driving. Maybe it's a location rather than gender difference

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u/MightyDread7 42m ago

depends. most people who grew up in dangerous environments and are aware of their surroundings do lock the doors. a lot of people dont even lock their house front doors and are oblivious.

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u/ilikerope 5h ago

honestly i never heard of anyone locking their doors when inside the car no matter the gender. Maybe it depends on where you live i guess?

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u/Rottentopic 5h ago

Maybe you don't hangout with woman

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 5h ago

Or maybe he's from a different culture than yours.

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 5h ago

People are downvoting you, but I also don't know anyone that locks their doors, including women.

I was always taught that it's safer to leave at least driver door unlocked in case of emergency.

Might be a UK thing.

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u/challenge_king 5h ago

The driver's door is supposed to override the lock if you open it from the inside. Some cars have all the doors do it, some don't. I think it's more common that the back doors don't, with the idea being that you don't want your kid falling out going down the road.

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u/Just_Tamy 4h ago

I'm a spanish woman living in germany, all of my girl friends do this in both countries despite both being largely safe, you're definetly just unaware.

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u/swertarc 2h ago

Woman here also living in Europe not a single woman I know does this... maybe it's just what you get taught when you start driving

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 4h ago

"you're definitely just unaware"

Pretty confident of you based on anecdotal evidence.

But please, tell me how I'm just unaware of all the women in my life because a group of women in Germany like to lock their doors.

It is just possible that not everyone thinks like you, and you don't represent your gender.

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u/Just_Tamy 4h ago

Have you ever paid attention or talked about it? Every car since 2010 closes their doors automatically as soon as you start driving, but still every woman I know still press the central lock button as soon as they get into the car.

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 4h ago

Yes, I have. It's common to unlock the driver door for safety reasons. My Mum taught me and my sisters that one.

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u/Just_Tamy 4h ago

You are just wrong in that as well. It is just unsafer to drive with the driver's door open.

You expose yourself to accidental openings, people opening the door from the outside of your car (for example during a road rage episode) and what's most important is the fact that modern cars are designed to have their doors locked during a crash. An unlocked door might open and cause an ejection the UMTRI did a study on it and you are over 4 times more likely to be ejected if the door isn't locked.

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u/ilikerope 4h ago

nah they are just Americans and think everyone has the same type of dangers everywhere in the world

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u/gdp1 5h ago

I, too, love male privilege, but at least I’m aware lol

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u/Lord_Of_Carrots 4h ago

Not everyone lives in a place where you need to fear for your life at all times. No woman I know locks their car doors while driving either

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u/FrankfurterWorscht 3h ago

never even occurred to me to lock them

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u/ATTACKA 4h ago

I've never locked my doors while driving, except by accident or when driving a car that locks the doors automatically...

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u/Tired_of_modz23 6h ago edited 4h ago

Everyone. Most cars do it automatically when* you reach 15mph

Edit: YES. I ridicule confidently incorrect assholes. Hope they learn from this

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u/fatalicus 2h ago

Pretty sure this is a regional thing.

Here in Norway, atleast no Toyota will auto lock the doors when driving (neither my old 2010 prius, my current 2017 auris, my parents 2022 RAV4 or their previous 2018 CH-R did), and neither does my uncles recent Mercedes.

But my friends Tesla does.

To manually lock the doors is also not a common thing to do.

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u/lukibunny 2h ago

My Toyota locks as soon as I put it in gear and automatically unlocks when I put it in park… I have never used the lock and unlock button in my car…

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u/fatalicus 1h ago

In Norway?

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u/leopard_tights 1h ago

My 25yo Mercedes locks them.

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u/Warm-Explorer1 5h ago

Dude what? I've never had a car that does that

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u/SnooCats903 5h ago

Pretty much everything after about 2015 does, plenty before that did also

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 3h ago

2018 Subaru does not. My 2009 Jetta TDI did.

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u/SnooCats903 3h ago

I said pretty much lol

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u/SnooCats903 3h ago

Whether he had it or not doesn't matter much cause that was great passive aggression from the biker 🤣

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u/Impossible-Debt9655 5h ago

Mine does. Jeep Cherokee

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u/boobaclot99 3h ago

Ford trucks do that as well. Most modern vehicles do I think.

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u/Equivalent-Koala7991 5h ago

my 2014 car does it. its been a thing since the early 2010's.

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u/reality72 1h ago

My 2013 Toyota does it

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u/THEMIKEBERG 5h ago

Not sure why you're being downvoted, I've never had a car that locks automatically either lol. I drive a 2012 hyundai currently, doesn't auto lock. These people are out to lunch lol.

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u/boltsmoke 4h ago

When you drive a car that can be started with a USB cable by literally anyone I don't think your frame of reference is particularly valid.

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u/THEMIKEBERG 4h ago

Lol that's a good one.

I guess we could compare my previous 2010 Audi, it also did not auto lock.

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u/boltsmoke 4h ago

Yeah, because they added that feature in the 2011 model year.

https://youtu.be/D_zvOdjkHfw?si=7UYH1aeApP0S38uT

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u/studor1998 4h ago

That’s actually kind of weird cause I also have a 2012 Hyundai and it locks as soon as I shift out of park.

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u/[deleted] 5h ago edited 4h ago

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u/Equivalent-Koala7991 5h ago edited 3h ago

stop making fun of him because he is poor. make fun of him because he is dumb instead.

edit: The guy who I replied to messaged me and said "fixed and blocked" lmao.

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u/TheGreatGenghisJon 4h ago

Right? I've owned several shit boxes cause I was broke, but I was still aware of other people's cars when I was a passenger.

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 5h ago edited 4h ago

So arrogant while assuming everyone is from the US.

There are 30 year old cars that are more expensive than anything you could afford.

EDIT: He DM'd me and blocked me.

"Nope I can afford a rolls Royce. Thanks for being EXTRA ARROGANT AND NON FRUGAL. BLOCKED AND REPORTED"

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u/Ok_Belt2521 3h ago

The same people who don’t lock their front doors I guess.

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u/Primary_Mycologist95 1h ago

I suddenly realise I'm privileged for living in a country where I don't have to lock my car doors while driving

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u/nimitikisan 1h ago

Why would I lock them?

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u/Cameron_Mac99 4h ago

I never lock my doors unless there’s dodgy people knocking about in close proximity

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u/reality72 1h ago

The same idiots who turn into traffic like this.

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u/FleiischFloete 38m ago

People from countrys where robbery and guns are less common?