>>>Back in the days when all cars had wide bench seats, drivers were taught to >>>slide across and get out on the passenger side after parking on the street. >>>That way, they didn't risk causing an accident by opening the driver's side >>>car door right when another car was coming up behind them, or worse, >>>stepping into the path of an oncoming car. They even had a little rhyme to >>>help folks remember, which went "right side: safe side, left side: suicide." >>> It's likely that since Andy and Barney were lawmen (bravest you ever did >>>see), the creators of The Show were extra-careful not to show them operating >>>their car in an unsafe manner.<<<
That's interesting, Paul, but I never heard of that. I grew up in the sixties and seventies when there were still a lot of cars with bench seats. I never saw drivers slide out the passenger side, and I never heard anybody talk about this as a safety issue. By the time I took driver's ed in the seventies, bench seats were becoming more scarce, it's true, but I don't remember that ever being mentioned in class. In fact, I do recall that when I was a kid and we would see this being done on TV, my mom would remark how funny it was to see the driver slide in and out the passenger side. She thought that was something that wouldn't be done in real life. TAGS was probably one of the shows we were watching when she said that! Thelma Lou (Janet) _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
