Good. Regulators should be able to order large-scale actions like this, especially when personal safety is at risk. I'd rather not be driving around with a possible claymore mine a foot from my face.
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Isn't this old news? Like, really old news?
https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/takata-recall-spotlight
Like 9 years ago old, and still going...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7qwrfiWOsmY
Hell, my old 1991 Corsica had a record of their airbags killing at least 6 people, which is why I just disconnected mine.
Those were Takata. This is a separate manufacturer.
Okay, fair enough. But with that said, doesn't it kinda make you wonder about all airbags now? 🤔
Hell, my old 1991 Corsica had a record of their airbags killing at least 6 people, which is why I just disconnected mine.
That was stupid. You're way more likely to be killed in an accident with a disconnected airbag than with an occasionally faulty one.
That airbag was the least of my worries. The left half of the tilt hinge point on the tilt steering column was broken for a few years. The ignition lock to ignition switch linkage wasn't lined up right as a result, and I couldn't remove the key, plus it also wouldn't start via the key.
So I had to crank it by jamming a screwdriver in the right side tilt hinge to hit the linkage rod directly. You think I wanted to chance that airbag popping in my face just because I had to crank it in a weird way?
Yes eventually I replaced the steering column once I found a replacement at a junkyard, but still, that car was a beater, and would ever so rarely even be used to push other smaller broke down vehicles home for neighbors. Don't want the airbag going off from a friendly push home either.
And besides, I wear glasses. You think I'd want those jammed into my face? The one and only time I had a front end impact, it was in a car that didn't even have an airbag, and I was thankful that it didn't, as the inertia slung them off of my face, rather than being jammed into my face. No injuries to either me or the other driver, she had to suddenly stop short in front of me.
Your additional explanation is completely different from your initial one, and airbags don't go off unless the impact is forceful enough to trigger the mercury switches.
It just means I have multiple reasons for the decision I made with my own vehicle. If I would have ever sold it, I would have definitely reconnected the airbag before selling it, but alas the engine ended up locked up after like 5 years and it got hauled to the scrap yard. ☹️
Gtfo. US regulating in the interests of the public?!
Oooooh wait, it's been known for 15 years...
Tennessee has low pay for factory workers and usually businesses such as ARC get tax breaks because they employ x amount people combing this with low regulations and it is a recipe for disaster
Southern US factories are ramping up to be the next China in labor violations and suppressing worker's rights included
My car too old for airbags. Maybe I should bubble wrap the middle of the steering wheel!
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