On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Tobin Copley wrote:

> That said, I still don't understand how people manage to lock
> themselves out of their cars so often.  In over twenty years of
> driving, I've never once locked myself out of a car.

In eight years of driving, I've locked myself out three times.

Once the keys fell out of my pocket, onto the seat.  The other two times
were just brain farts...I got distracted by something, right before the
point in my routine when I'd normally pull the keys out of the ignition,
and then forgot I hadn't.  Once I managed to lock myself out of my Honda
*with the engine running*.

My dad owns a Ford Explorer with a keypad unlocking system on the door.
When he goes fishing in the woods he deliberately locks his keys in the
car and lets himself back in with the keypad afterwards.  That way he
doesn't have to worry about losing his keys in the stream.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon