Remember the "big brother in your car" issue?

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:06 pm

http://www.cnn.com/video/law/2006/11/26 ... ntent.html#

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:13 pm

That is wrong. If those things are not 100% dead-nuts tested and accurate, they should not be used in court.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:18 pm

FTL!!

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:18 pm

Another great reason to carry tools in your car. If you can still move well enough that thing's coming out and seeing the business end of a hammer.

J8t4m · Post by **J8t4m** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:22 pm

I'll have to watch it when I get home cuz I dont wanna turn the volume up to loud and I cant hear anything they are saying

but I remeber the rumors from back in the day about this thing

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:41 pm

I remember hearing about this...I tried ot watch the video and it loaded, but my speakers wont work

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:52 pm

soooooo, the airbags won't work with it removed eh?

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:16 pm

This really shouldn't be so surprising though. The new airbag systems can actually vary how hard they deploy based on how fast you're going. It needs to know how fast you're going so of course it's going to monitor your speed, among other things. But like any mechanical/electrical system it's subject to malfunction.

The problem isn't the airbag module. It's the dumbasses that think it can solely be used as cold hard evidence to lock someone up in spite of expert analysis. If he really was going as fast as the module said, if he wasn't dead the other car would have been destroyed much more than it really was. To put that in perspective he was going about 14 MPH MORE than the porsche that rammed into the toll booth.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:50 pm

to continue with fixitmattman's statment... what about the lady that slid on ice.... um.. correct me if I'm wrong, but if your slipping, the speedometer is going to read something other than what is really occuring. I know when my wheels spin on wet pavement, my car says I'm going faster than I"m really going....

This thing is scary, and people should have the option of NOT having it. Just my $.02

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:00 pm

You can't not have it though. You can pull it out after the fact and disable the airbags but I'm pretty sure airbags are required by law now.

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:52 pm

Can we say Onstar.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:56 pm

KrackstaR wrote:Can we say Onstar.

w3rd!

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:27 pm

hmm there has to be away around it.....
jims takes out screw driver and mallet...

walks over to neon

.........30 mins later.......

hey does anyone have 01 airbags forsale?

bad04srt · Post by **bad04srt** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:34 pm

is that thing in our car?

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:33 pm

I have a passenger side 01 airbag!!!

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:38 pm

bad01neon wrote:is that thing in our car?

When I ripped a part the '03 there was a similar looking box into which the airbags pluged into (Airbag plugs are always yellow) so it might be.

c2k · Post by **c2k** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:38 am

no

neons doesnt have it.. i've asked many many many many many times

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:48 am

bad01neon wrote:is that thing in our car?

go read your owner's manual