Txas2step wrote:I read somewhere...maybe here, that the early vehicles only had exterior locks on the passenger side because it was illegal to exit the vehicle on the drivers side when parked at the curb,so you locked inside and slid over and exited on the passenger side.....urban myth?
Not an urban myth. It was also done because it was deemed unsafe to open the drivers door to oncoming traffic when parked curbside. The old flat fender power wagons had a passenger only lock also.
