# Bad user interface design **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-user-interface-design/721359 "2015-06-01T17:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-user-interface-design/721359/21 "2015-06-03T18:51:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Seems to me the real design error was in making the lock button operate the locks while any door is ajar. Enforcing the sequence that all doors must be closed before locking takes effect would eliminate a lot of error paths. It guarantees there’s a human on the same side of the locked doors as the key fob is. My car doesn’t have a remote start, but it does have a feature that prevents the driver’s door from being locked if it is open. The other three doors will lock at any time, but not the driver’s door: not from the remote, not from the switch in the car, not even by attempting to press down on the button on the door frame. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-user-interface-design/721359/22 "2015-06-04T20:48:51Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > FWIW, every remote start car I’ve seen will turn the car off if you press the brake pedal (required to put the car in gear)… Most vehicles have a manual override to allow moving the gear selector without the brake pedal safety switch being engaged. Otherwise, if your car battery were dead or had a major electrical failure you would have no way to get the car out of park to push or tow it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-user-interface-design/721359.md?page=1)