Turning off airbag
09-07-2010, 01:14 PM
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Is there a way to turn off the passenger side airbag and back side airbags?reason is due to child seat . I heard it's better to turn off airbag or you guys think otherwise. Will it be ok?
09-07-2010, 01:41 PM
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I have a key controlled switch on mine but that's because I have front ISOfix. They can be turned off by the dealers but you will warned about safety.
09-07-2010, 02:49 PM
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Here in the states we would never put a child up front. Furthermore I think it is actually illegal in some states to do so unless the back is already full of children..
The front passenger seat isn't nicknamed the suicide seat for nothing.
The front passenger seat isn't nicknamed the suicide seat for nothing.
09-07-2010, 07:27 PM
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my vote totally goes for being able to turn the airbag in the front off. at least your peripheral vision is guaranteed to catch your child then.
09-07-2010, 07:51 PM
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meh. my best friend's daughter (3 months old) died last week because he accidentally left her in the back seat and forgot about her in 117 degree heat here in texas. she passed after about 20 minutes.
my vote totally goes for being able to turn the airbag in the front off. at least your peripheral vision is guaranteed to catch your child then.
my vote totally goes for being able to turn the airbag in the front off. at least your peripheral vision is guaranteed to catch your child then.
09-07-2010, 07:53 PM
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Most if not all front passenger air bags de-activate when a child less than a certain weight is put up front. Kids get used to sitting in the rear will not ask to sit in the front.
09-08-2010, 06:13 AM
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shut the hell up, you insensitive prick.
i don't know the percentage but i imagine it is pretty high of a parent leaving a child in a mall, a grocery store, a park, etc. and forgetting them. leaving them in a car follows the same forgetfulness, just incurs more serious consequences, especially if you live in an extreme climate like that in texas. i imagine the kid would have been just fine had it been left in a car in san diego or seattle, or even in texas during the winter.
from the NY Times: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2...ent-forget-th/
"The moral of his story: don?t judge; it really could happen to you."
i don't know the percentage but i imagine it is pretty high of a parent leaving a child in a mall, a grocery store, a park, etc. and forgetting them. leaving them in a car follows the same forgetfulness, just incurs more serious consequences, especially if you live in an extreme climate like that in texas. i imagine the kid would have been just fine had it been left in a car in san diego or seattle, or even in texas during the winter.
from the NY Times: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2...ent-forget-th/
"The moral of his story: don?t judge; it really could happen to you."