Obviously he turned the key full off and the brake also become less effective.

Cant say a person is penny wise pond foolish. Experience matters most. Think back when you first get the license or first drive a car. Your dad's car, frend's car relative's car...did you know the steering would locked with key off? You dont read the manual because not your car and no manual available to you and noone tells you. And old cars dont have these features. Talking about experience, not only just these, there are people who bought cars and dont know the car need to change engine oil, some knows but dont know the grear oil needed to be replavced too and timing belt, etc, etc. And there was one case a women bought a brand new car and drove until petrol ran out, did not know the car need petrol to run and to refiled! she taught it was like a bicycle.

We human are smart and clever and learn. But when we are pure, we are dumb. So I think the danger of auto locking steering to those pure and dumb, not that it never happened, it happened just too many but ppl are embarrass to report. My friend holding high post in Japan. In japan he did not drive as public transport in tokyo is good unlike malaysia. so this was what happened when he came to malaysia having to drive.