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I had a key-related "oops" last week, but in the opposite manner. I dropped my truck off at my mechanic for repairs, then went to get lunch. While I was eating, I got a call from my mechanic - he couldn't find the keys to my truck. No wonder - they were clipped to my belt loop.
My normal reaction had taken hold - park the truck, take the keys.
Whenever I need to get out of my car but leave the keys in (e.g. warming up when transferring stuff from my truck at the end of the week, jump starting someone's car, etc.), I always either unlock the rear door or roll down the window, just in case I have a brain burp and lock the door on getting out. Note that I don't have power locks - on a car with power locks that treat the driver's door lock as the "master" (i.e. lock all doors when that one is locked), rolling down the window is the ONLY safe route, since the "backup plan" door would lock itself if you accidentally lock the driver's door. Of course, some genius at a car company is going to come up with a "helpful" system that sees you locking the driver's door, and not only locks the other doors, but rolls up the windows you left down.
My normal reaction had taken hold - park the truck, take the keys.Whenever I need to get out of my car but leave the keys in (e.g. warming up when transferring stuff from my truck at the end of the week, jump starting someone's car, etc.), I always either unlock the rear door or roll down the window, just in case I have a brain burp and lock the door on getting out. Note that I don't have power locks - on a car with power locks that treat the driver's door lock as the "master" (i.e. lock all doors when that one is locked), rolling down the window is the ONLY safe route, since the "backup plan" door would lock itself if you accidentally lock the driver's door. Of course, some genius at a car company is going to come up with a "helpful" system that sees you locking the driver's door, and not only locks the other doors, but rolls up the windows you left down.
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