I'm guessing they will probably be hard wired into the computers every vehicle has these days. I'm sure some enterprising hacker will quickly figure out a way to disable the sensors or something. As for the penalty, I'm sure it will be some totally over the top federal felony to scare people into submission like they did with the catalytic converters back in the 1980's.
Airbags, too, the issue of disconnecting them was a serious debate.
” like they did with the catalytic converters back in the 1980’s. “
I was working in an auto parts store in Cleveland when the Catalytic Converters first became mandatory — and from day-one there were ‘Emergency Repair Kits’, consisting of a hollow look-alike CC replacement (good enough to pass a cursory visual inspection) on the market...
We sold a bunch of ‘em........