Also, remember to put your hands at 9:00 and 3:00. If you put your hands at the old 10-2 and the airbag fires off it has happened that the driver's thumbs were broken!
Hands now go at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock if you drive with airbags.
The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky legal requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, aimed directly at the occupants. Then they require that big yellow labels be stuck everywhere, warning you that the bombs will kill your kids so make sure you put the little dears where the bombs can't reach them. Sheesh.
For those of you in Canada, bomb disablement is quite legal, and is available at any garage for about $40 (don't know if that's per bomb or an all-in price).
Do you know what detonates the bombs? Sodium azide, the same stuff they use to light off high-explosives. Auto dealership technicians have fun detonating surplus airbags in the parking lot. Sometimes they try to see how high the bags will go when ignited, which can be up to forty feet. Fun, wow!
> The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky legal > requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, aimed directly at > the occupants. Then they require that big yellow labels be stuck > everywhere, warning you that the bombs will kill your kids so make sure you > put the little dears where the bombs can't reach them. Sheesh.
> For those of you in Canada, bomb disablement is quite legal, and is > available at any garage for about $40 (don't know if that's per bomb or an > all-in price).
> Do you know what detonates the bombs? Sodium azide, the same stuff they use > to light off high-explosives. Auto dealership technicians have fun > detonating surplus airbags in the parking lot. Sometimes they try to see > how high the bags will go when ignited, which can be up to forty feet. Fun, > wow!
And yet only Honda seems to have decided to make them *shrapnel* bombs...
>The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky legal >requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, aimed directly at >the occupants. Then they require that big yellow labels be stuck >everywhere, warning you that the bombs will kill your kids so make sure you >put the little dears where the bombs can't reach them. Sheesh.
what he said
>For those of you in Canada, bomb disablement is quite legal, and is >available at any garage for about $40 (don't know if that's per bomb or an >all-in price).
must be all those conscientious objectors we sent them! :)
>>The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky legal >>requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, aimed directly >>at the occupants. Then they require that big yellow labels be stuck >>everywhere, warning you that the bombs will kill your kids so make >>sure you put the little dears where the bombs can't reach them. >>Sheesh.
> what he said
>>For those of you in Canada, bomb disablement is quite legal, and is >>available at any garage for about $40 (don't know if that's per bomb >>or an all-in price).
> must be all those conscientious objectors we sent them! :)
I was told that insurance companies up here have mixed feelings about airbags. Bags are very expensive to replace after a collision, and there's often collateral damage when the bags break windshields and damage interiors, plus they cause a lot of minor (and sometimes not so minor) injuries when they deploy. All that's very expensive for the insurance companies.
Up here there are neither rewards for having airbags nor penalties for disabling them.
>>>The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky legal >>>requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, aimed directly >>>at the occupants. Then they require that big yellow labels be stuck >>>everywhere, warning you that the bombs will kill your kids so make >>>sure you put the little dears where the bombs can't reach them. >>>Sheesh.
>> what he said
>>>For those of you in Canada, bomb disablement is quite legal, and is >>>available at any garage for about $40 (don't know if that's per bomb >>>or an all-in price).
>> must be all those conscientious objectors we sent them! :)
> I was told that insurance companies up here have mixed feelings about > airbags. Bags are very expensive to replace after a collision, and there's > often collateral damage when the bags break windshields and damage > interiors, plus they cause a lot of minor (and sometimes not so minor) > injuries when they deploy. All that's very expensive for the insurance > companies.
> Up here there are neither rewards for having airbags nor penalties for > disabling them.
> Can I buy a new Honda in Canada, > have the bombs removed, even get a few > bucks for them, and drive the car legally > for registration in California?
> Or are prices higher in Canada for whatever reason, > or other complication?
> J.
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In a word. NO! While it is not illegal to remove the bombs in Canada, it is in the US, I believe, and I am sure that California, based on that state's past record, will not register such a modified car....I would check the laws in Ca and the Feds before doing such.
> "zzznot" <zzz...@invalid.net> wrote in message > news:hbi6af$pcr$1@news.eternal-september.org... >> Can I buy a new Honda in Canada, >> have the bombs removed, even get a few >> bucks for them, and drive the car legally >> for registration in California?
>> Or are prices higher in Canada for whatever reason, >> or other complication?
>> J. > ///snipped///
> In a word. NO! While it is not illegal to remove the bombs in Canada, > it is in the US, I believe, and I am sure that California, based on > that state's past record, will not register such a modified car....I > would check the laws in Ca and the Feds before doing such.
A new vehicle cannot be imported into the US without a present and functioning SRS system.
>> "zzznot" <zzz...@invalid.net> wrote in message >> news:hbi6af$pcr$1@news.eternal-september.org... >>> Can I buy a new Honda in Canada, >>> have the bombs removed, even get a few >>> bucks for them, and drive the car legally >>> for registration in California?
>>> Or are prices higher in Canada for whatever reason, >>> or other complication?
>>> J. >> ///snipped///
>> In a word. NO! While it is not illegal to remove the bombs in Canada, >> it is in the US, I believe, and I am sure that California, based on >> that state's past record, will not register such a modified car....I >> would check the laws in Ca and the Feds before doing such. > A new vehicle cannot be imported into the US without a present and > functioning SRS system.
It isnt technically a new vehicle if it was bought in Canada.
Dave D wrote: > In a word. NO! While it is not illegal to remove the bombs in Canada, it is > in the US, I believe, and I am sure that California, based on that state's > past record, will not register such a modified car....I would check the laws > in Ca and the Feds before doing such.
In the US you can get federal permission to disable airbags; I'm not sure what the requirements are or whether they've even been formalized.
A car that came equipped with airbags cannot legally be driven in the US if they've been removed. However, disabling them (or getting an 'off' switch wired in) does not make the car illegal to drive. Go ahead and drive to Canada to have the operation performed; California doesn't even have to know you did it.
>> A new vehicle cannot be imported into the US without a present and >> functioning SRS system.
> It isnt technically a new vehicle if it was bought in Canada.
OK, then let me be more precise: A vehicle manufactured after about 1988 (not certain of exact year) for the non-US market may not be imported into the US for the purpose of US registration without a complete and functioning SRS system.
> Dave D wrote: >> In a word. NO! While it is not illegal to remove the bombs in Canada, >> it is in the US, I believe, and I am sure that California, based on >> that state's past record, will not register such a modified car....I >> would check the laws in Ca and the Feds before doing such.
> In the US you can get federal permission to disable airbags; I'm not > sure what the requirements are or whether they've even been > formalized.
This is technically correct. The last I read, permission must be obtained in writing from the NHTSA.
Permission is predicated upon the presence of some definite and specific factor that would, in the opinion of the NHTSA's bureacrats, place the applicant in some special danger from airbags that ordinary people would not face. These factors would include advanced age, unusually small adult body size, or some sort of physical infirmity, such as advanced osteoporosis.
I imagine the number of officially-permitted SRS disablements must be vanishingly tiny.
> The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky > legal requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, > aimed directly at the occupants.
A bit dramatic, don't you think?
They also require a highly flammable liquid to be put in a tank in the back... gallons of it!! Oh the humanity!
Larrybud wrote: > Tegger <inva...@invalid.inv> wrote in > news:Xns9CA5E7F826F79tegger@208.90.168.18: >> The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky >> legal requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, >> aimed directly at the occupants. > A bit dramatic, don't you think?
Not in the slightest. Those "bombs" have been known to decapitate people in minor collisions.
> >> The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky > >> legal requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, > >> aimed directly at the occupants.
> > A bit dramatic, don't you think?
> Not in the slightest. Those "bombs" have been known to decapitate > people in minor collisions.
>>> The USA remains the only country in the world that has a wacky >>> legal requirement that bombs be installed in car's interior, >>> aimed directly at the occupants.
>> A bit dramatic, don't you think?
> Not in the slightest. Those "bombs" have been known to decapitate > people in minor collisions.
I doubt that, but bath tubs have been known to bust someone's skull wide open too. If you look at one side of the balance sheet, you're bound to come up unbalanced.
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