What Are 'Suicide Doors' in cars and Why Are They Called That?

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For most cars, the door is an essential structure that separates the cockpit space from the outside environment and the occupants from the vehicle. People have designed all sorts of unimaginable forms of doors, but the most popular is undoubtedly the horizontal opening and closing style. Yes, Most of us get in the car one way: We lift or squeeze the door handle, and the hinges near the front tire allow the door to open. Then we slide in behind the wheel, and we're on our way. But why open doors the boring way when you can put those hinges anywhere? Gullwing doors, like the iconic Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of the 1950s, have the hinges at the top, so the doors lift upward and look like the wings of a seagull. There are also "scissor doors" like those of the Lamborghini that have a hinge at the front, but rather than opening out like usual, the door slides upward and out of the way. They were designed to let the driver see behind the Lamborghini Coutach while reversing. That's how horrible the rear visibility was in that car.
But back before World War II, there was a fad in the United States for putting the hinges of the rear doors near the rear tires, so the doors opened "backward." These rear-hinged doors (called "coach doors" in the auto business) had the advantage of making it easier for the passenger to enter and exit the vehicle. The door received an inauspicious nickname - "suicide door". No one know why they got the nickname of "suicide doors." There are, of course, many theories. So why is it called the suicide door? What security risks does it have? Can you still buy cars with suicide doors?
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