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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:52 am 
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wee eddie wrote:
toots: as far as I know, Child locks are rarely 'door' selective.

They are either 'on' or 'off'.

To allow your Customers to leave the Car, they need to be turned off and then all the doors can open.


I'm clearly having a blonde moment because I don't understand your point

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:59 am 
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wee eddie wrote:
toots: as far as I know, Child locks are rarely 'door' selective.

They are either 'on' or 'off'.

To allow your Customers to leave the Car, they need to be turned off and then all the doors can open.


are you talking about what I call my "anti-kidnap button" (an internal switch that operates the central locking)? I'm not sure but I think there's a mechanical switch on the doors themselves that can stop the internal handle from operating. (which is what I think toots is thinking of) I also believe it's not allowed to be utilised on a taxi/ph (but I may be, and probably am, wrong on that point)

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:00 am 
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Toots: In my Hack, by using the indicator, I can maintain the Traffic Side Locks leaving the Passengers are free to leave by the Pavement-side Door, whichever that should be.

If, through negligence, I allowed a Passenger to step out of the Traffic-side Door, and injury or damage resulted. Then I could be held 'vicariously' liable. In other words, 'As the Controlling party, I would have partial responsibility.'

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:28 am 
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grumpy wrote:
wee eddie wrote:
toots: as far as I know, Child locks are rarely 'door' selective.

They are either 'on' or 'off'.

To allow your Customers to leave the Car, they need to be turned off and then all the doors can open.


are you talking about what I call my "anti-kidnap button" (an internal switch that operates the central locking)? I'm not sure but I think there's a mechanical switch on the doors themselves that can stop the internal handle from operating. (which is what I think toots is thinking of) I also believe it's not allowed to be utilised on a taxi/ph (but I may be, and probably am, wrong on that point)

I thought that the button in the car that activated the central locking stopped the doors being opened from the outside and not the inside. I have asked the question about child locks in a taxi and private hire vehicle before and the answer was that you can't use them. However certain council contracts state that they must be used. I brought this up at a council meeting and was told that motion locks should be used for such things.

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