Technical Rear sliding doors on Taxis

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Technical Rear sliding doors on Taxis

Doblotaximan

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How many of you taxi drivers out there, have had problems with passangers not being able to open or close the rear doors, or traping their fingers or hands when they do manage to close them. LET ME KNOW
 
Hi,

I'm not a taxi driver, but I do carry passengers and they often have the same problems.

Mine's an '03, which means that the easiest way to release the door from inside is to use the far arm, cross it over the chest, and so get a better push on the relase button. Pasengers instinctively use their near arms and then can't depress the button properly. Explaining this is not easy and so I tend to hop out and open from the outside.

The latest revised models have a completely different mechanism,. This has a properly ergonomic handle which has an easy trigger release from inside. The door locking/sliding mechanism is improved too, with a spring door release (when open) which demands that the open door is tugged away from the body of the car before it is slid. Instinctively one pulls and slides at the same time, but this won't do.

I have to say that my doors open more easily from inside than they used to.

However, you are right about trapping fingers. Just tell them to be careful to only hold the handle and watch keeping their other hands anywhere near the door opening.

I asked my dealer if it was posible to upgrade and was told no. This is not just a simple change of fitting but a slightly more serious bit of engineering.

The rear wiper on the latest models is a better design too! That you can change.
 
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Again I do carry passengers and they have the same problem. Not opening them from the inside, or from the outside, but on shutting them from the outside. As you say they pull the handle and slide but it doesn't work. I have now made a point of telling them all how to open and close the doors so no damage is done, and because they are there again they know what to do.

Obviously this isn't great for the taxis. Maybe be nice to get some small window stickers made up with the steps on how to open and close the door properly that passengers will see when they go to open the door from the inside.
 
Sounds as if we have the new type, but still a problem. Passengers can see the button on the top, but not the trigger inside, so they press the button - and lock it!!
 
Sounds like it could work, or get a small sign saying "Pull Here to Exit" with an arrow pointing to the handle, and a small sign saying "Pull handle out before sliding door to close" on the outside :p
 
Thankx for the suggestions.
I have had made stickers made for the interior rear door handles with " To open door squeeze leaver and slide " and a big arrow pointing to the lever, which is now painted bright yellow. Red and white hazzard adhesive warning tape, stuck around the rear door openings, and 1 inch high red lettering stuck on the rear door glass " To open door pull handle and slide ".
All this to no avail, I have lost count of the number number of fingers that have been caught , the worst one though required a trip to the local A&E, at 1.30 AM on a Sunday morning , where he was detained untill the following day to under go surjury on his middle finger, he is now claiming against me for his personal injury.
If I could work out how to upload pictiures, I would post the ones I sent to my insurance company.
 
Doblotaximan,

Have you looked around the web for forums similar to his one but for taxi drivers? You may find other drivers there who have had the same problem.

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Doblotaximan said:
If I could work out how to upload pictiures, I would post the ones I sent to my insurance company.

At the top of the reply box (the box you'll be typing in) click on the small paperclip next to the smiley face. Then when the window appears browse for the files one by one and upload them all. Then once you have written your writing if you want to write any, click on the arrow next to the paperclip up the top and you'll see a list of the pictures you uploaded. Just click on them to insert them into the post :) hope this helps!
 
hello mate, wait till you have had it 6 mounths .it drove me nuts.SO WHAT I DID WAS ONLY PICK UP PEOPLE WITH A HIGH IQ. NO i put a bit of heater hose over the back pin where it locks when its open+ cable tie, and a small sticky arrow pointing to the trigger,:bang:
 
Glad it's not just me Taxi driver already had one passenger brake her finger:(
The design of these handles needs urgent revision to protect the mechanical illiterate out there.
 
Glad it's not just me Taxi driver already had one passenger brake her finger:(
The design of these handles needs urgent revision to protect the mechanical illiterate people out there.
 
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How many of you taxi drivers out there, have had problems with passangers not being able to open or close the rear doors, or traping their fingers or hands when they do manage to close them. LET ME KNOW
I have sent you an email as my daughter has had a nasty break to her finger because of closing one of these style doors.
 
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