Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:17:09 GMT From: th <someguynospamwhere.se> Subject: Re: Baby saftey seat and airbags
gw wrote: > "Keith" <keith.gatfordnospampi.nospam.net> wrote in message > news:d9s701$b6f$1nospam-news1.kolumbus.fi... > >>My 2001 9-3 is not fitted with a passanger front air bag but it does have > > a > >>side airbag on both sides. I am aware that the baby seat should not be >>placed on the front seat if an airbag is active, but does that also > > include > >>side airbags? If so, is the dealer able to deactivate the passanger side >>airbag? >> >>thanks, Keith >> >> > > A baby seat should not be placed in the front seat of any 4-seat car, airbag > or not. If there is a rear seat, it should go there. The only exception is > 2-seat vehicles, such as pickup trucks. These will have a disable function > for the passenger bag. > > Much higher survival potential in the rear. > No, the last statement is simply not true. Look in the alt.autos.saab thread "9-5 Passenger Airbag - how to disable?" started 9 April 2003 where I tried to show that most research from real accidents shows that the front seat is the safest (of course provided that the passenger airbag is removed or disabled). It is mainly the car industry that markets the idea that the rear seat is the safest to avoid being forced to invent safe methods to disable the passenger airbag and to give enough room for rear-facing child seats in the front. -- th
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