MTV's 'Pimp My Ride' shop fined by feds (Replacing air bags with video screens illegal)

Tallahassee.com ^ | 12/31/04 | Danny Hakim

[Rakkasan1]

unsafe at every speed. chain steering wheel.

[xusafflyer]

Pimp My Ride sucks. I wouldn't want them touching my truck.

Foose is my hero. His group on Overhaulin could definitely work on my vehicle.

[CzarNicky]

Does this mean the Feds will fine me for not investigating why the airbag light in my car is blinking?

[D-fendr]

Oh, I get it. "Pimp" is supposed to be a good thing.

Is that like "ho" is now a term of endearment.

Something's been lowered since I was in high school.

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

"Instead of the Feds getting involved, just don't let the car pass inspection at the state level."

Instead of the Feds getting involved, why not just let the owner of the car decide what equipment he wants? Airbags have no effect on safety except for the occupants of the vehicle. If you don't want to drive a car without exploding ballons, good for you. That should be your choice.

I have a car that was manufactured long before seat belts became mandatory, much less airbags. Should the Federales or the State Mounties force me to install belts and air bags in a 1951 Plymouth?

[Slings and Arrows]

Gezz... if they want to kill themselves, let them. That's the problem with America now keeping the stupid people in the gene pool. Time to remove the stickers from the hairdryers.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Airbags are inherently dangerous and there should be no government regulations requiring them in vehicles, much less regulations prohibiting their removal.

[Texan5]

"Hit a deer, get a ballon in the face."

It happened to my husband and I, and it wasn't even a head on-the deer hit the side of the car-the soft tissue and muscle injuries caused by the airbags took months to heal, the exploding bag burned my face and I have a large scar on my upper arm and a smaller one on my neck where pieces of my airbag's plastic compartment embedded themselves and were removed in the emergency room. The roll bar in our car and the seat belt saved our lives-the F'ing airbags complicated it. One of my brother's co-workers suffered a broken arm when his airbag deployed for no reason while he was chasing a suspect, and a neighbor's adult daughter lost partial sight in one eye when her car was T-boned at a stoplight and her airbag deployed. If there is a need for class action suit, airbags is it-and I don't even like trial lawyers...

[Abathar]

I'm just wondering how many millions the lawsuit would be if the idiot who was driving while the thing was on ran a kid over. That jury decision would make the Fed's fines look like pocket change.
I could care less that they took the airbag out, but to be stupid enough to exchange it with something designed specifically to BE a eye distraction is beyond belief.

[DTogo]

Anyone asking to have their car "pimped" shouldn't be allowed to have air bags.

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

"I have a large scar on my upper arm and a smaller one on my neck where pieces of my airbag's plastic compartment embedded themselves and were removed in the emergency room."

Pointed this out to manufacturers when airbags first started showing up in certain models with plastic composite dashboards. That material will only cause more problems as it ages and it is baked in the sun for a few years. Can you say 'shrapnel'?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Then how do you drive it?

[semaj]

If you have a DVD player there instead of an air bag, it's not going to protect you in a crash."

Yeah, but at least you'll die while being happily entertained watching re-runs of "Friends."

[shellshocked]

" was fined for removing front air bags in cars to install video screens on steering wheels. "

They ought to be fined for being stupid.

[shellshocked]

"Time to remove the stickers from the hairdryers.
"

And the ladders!

[Bon mots]

That's easy to get around. Tint the windows really, really dark and install a projection tv on the airbag. You just need to have a nice white steering wheel.

;-)

[Abathar]

I was surprised by the sidearms they chose to carry myself, most Ranger units who are allowed to carry anything they want choose something with more stopping power than the 9mm. One of the Rangers who was featured in the movie Black Hawk Down and was interviewed by the History Channel about what he went through was in my advanced CAD class in night school. He carried a 44 mag. when he was there, and he told us that most of the guys carried their own personal sidearms. He personally saw the difference between 1 well placed shot with a large caliber handgun vs. the rapid fire 9mm, he swore he would never rely on that caliber to stop a adrenaline hyped enemy at close range.

[Abathar]

oops, that was suppose to be on another board, we started the party early today...

[Hatteras]

"If you have a DVD player there instead of an air bag, it's not going to protect you in a crash."

...not even if it's showing Chris Matthews? Huh?....... OH! DOH! It said AIRbags, not WINDbags..... My bad.

[festus]

Because then children will once again be allowed to ride in the front seat and we just can't have any of that now can we ?????

:-)