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Do you lock your doors if you drive through a sketchy neighborhood?

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Old 08-17-2010, 09:45 AM
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Default Do you lock your doors if you drive through a sketchy neighborhood?

How many people automatically lock their doors when driving through a sketchy or rough neighborhood? Ive never known anyone to get pulled out of their car at a stop light, but I do it anyway just to be safe.
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I lock my doors no matter where I am... even in my own driveway/neighborhood. Some creepy people come out at night.

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^ Same here. Its just a natural thing for me to do when I start my car to automatically lock the doors.
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Car does it on it own.
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someone tried to pull me out of my car once downtown, since then, windows up, knife in the center console, and doors locked. lol but only in the hood or shady places
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The MINI auto locks the doors when above 10mph.

It's habit to lock the doors when I get into all the other cars/trucks I drive that don't do that.
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I do occasionally, but I don't do it automatically. In the Accent the alarm locks the doors when I start the car.
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maxima auto locks

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My windows are always down so no point in lockin the doors but if I was in a tough lookin hood then I might consider it.
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My tinny locks when I start the vehicle. Then when I pass a questionable person I check the lock. I don't care what color or stature that person has the. If they look questionable I am checking my locks. I don't care if they see me do it either.



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