Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 01:46:53 -0000 From: "Rui Pedro Ribeiro" <rui.pedro.ribeironopsamisao.pt> Subject: Re: Child seat for a Saab 9000?
There's something wrong in that informatiosn, because the situation i just described happened in Portugal, where no special regulations exhist. I just got the information that it wouldn't be possible to disconnect the passenger airbag. Pedro "someguy" <someguynopsamwhere.se> escreveu na mensagem news:S8IO9.3186$LY2.178345nopsamc.telia.net... > > "Rui Pedro Ribeiro" <rui.pedro.ribeironopsamisao.pt> skrev i meddelandet > news:1040862972.664002nopsamfront1... > > > > > However, the best way is of course to place the baby seat in the reverse > > > direction in the front passenger seat (disconnecting any airbag!). IIRC > > > these principles have been very successful Sweden where we haven't had > any > > > baby (properly seated?) killed in the traffic for the past five years. > > > > > > -- > > > someguy > > > > > > > Maybe, but i'm sure that SAAB don't agree with that; otherwise, it would > be > > possible to disconnect the front passenger airbag. > > I asked the dealer to do it and they told me SAAB don't authorise that, > > because they think the best way to place a children's seat is in the back > > seat. > > Oh well... > > There might be some strange US regulations preventing this, but in Sweden > SAAB seems to fully recognise that the safest place for a child seat is in > the front passenger seat. A new 9-5 can be delivered with the passenger > airbag disconnected > http://www.saabsverige.com/main/SE/sv/pdf/ebrochure_95.pdf for those who > understand Swedish! > and for older cars the charge is about 400 SEK (about 45 USD) to get a > mechanical disconnection including marking of the car and a signed agreement > ( http://www.ntf.se/skane/pdf/generalagenter.pdf once again in Swedish!). > > -- > someguy > >
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