MemberI am putting a poll up for this because I am curious. I have always and will always lock my car when I put gas in the car. I guess growing up in the city I have always locked my car doors, even when I am in the middle of the country and no one is nearby for miles.
MemberI don’t lock it if I am just standing outside of it at the pump. If I have to go in the station for any reason, yes, I do lock it.
MemberI never lock my doors but I only get gas at a time when the gas station is very busy (during the day) and I only fill up in suburban neighborhoods that are considered to be extremely safe. Oh, and I only pay at the pump. If I had to go in, I would lock it for sure.
MemberNever, unless I am going inside to pay or get snacks. Most of the time though, I pay at the pump and don’t leave the car.
MemberIt’s habit, I lock the doors the minute I step out of the car. Sometimes I need to grab something from the backseat and have to unlock and relock them. I also drive with the doors locked.
MemberI don’t lock my car doors if I’m standing right there paying at the pump. But if I have to go inside for something, I will.
MemberI picked other because I only unlock the driver door so I can get out. And my tank is on the left side of my car so I am just standing right there.
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MemberI lock it if I’m leaving anything valuable in it (as opposed to just carrying my entire purse with me when I’m filling up.)
ETA: and my gas pump is on the passenger side. I wouldn’t lock it if I were standing on the same side as the unlocked door.
MemberJust like putting on the seat belt, locking the doors every time I get out of the car is a habit. It would feel strange to leave any door unlocked.
I know people who leave their cars and homes unlocked, but I always think it’s better safe than sorry and don’t try to lose the habit I grew up with.
MemberMy Jeep does not currently have any doors…so I voted never.
MemberNope. I pay at the pump. If I need to run inside to get something, I pull AWAY from the pump and into a parking spot so someone else can use the pump. It’s such a pet peeve of mine when people leave their cars at the pump of a busy gas station while they go shop for candy, chips and pop. grr.
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MemberIf I have to run in for some reason, I’ll lock them, but just standing at the pump? Unlocked. My mom (queen of keeping the doors locked at all times) said to do that in case any creepy dude approached you at the pump – you can hope in and drive off, even if you’re still pumping gas (the pump detaches automatically).
One time, though, I was stopping for gas on my way home from the hardware store, where I got a copy of my keys made. I somehow managed to lock both my original keys AND my minutes-old copies in the car, and I had to pay over $80 to get my car unlocked by a locksmith. Thankfully my insurance covers things like that so I got my money back, but it was SO annoying!
MemberI grew up on a farm where we don’t even lock the cars outside of the house, and usually leave the keys in it, most of the neighbors do the same.
Now that I’m an adult, I do sometimes. IN the small town where I live I genrally don’t, I know everyone who is there anyway,, heck if I’m running to the store and back I don’t even lock my house. When I’m in the SO’s city or other larger cities I generally do if I remember. I’m hoping to move out of this small town into a large city as soon as I’m done with school, and I know I will be locking the doors way more often!
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