I bet if your house slides in the water anyone inside may well die. You gonna move? If not, why? If it's because it doesn't seem probable, then revisit your comment to me. Half of one percent of probability is not "basic things that save lives", that would be seat belts, air bags, windshield wipers, a horn, etc. etc.
You forget about conformity, if something doesn't work how one would expect it to especially in an emergency then it's poorly designed.
If you pull a door handle the expected result is that it releases the door to be opened... If for every door you had to push,pull, lift, turn, check for a secret lever you would think door's are shit...
And that's exactly what's happening here...
It only follows the standard when it's not damaged...
If my house slides into water we got a lot more issues happening and my doors will still work as expected...