Mar 2002 Tech Bulletin:
"Under the steering wheel change allowance of 14.2.E, an alternate wheel
which replaces an airbag-equipped wheel is not required to have an airbag.
The alternate wheel is also not required to have a horn button."
At 05:25 PM 4/2/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Are there any members of the SPAC or SEB that would care to comment on
>the reasoning behind the proposed rule change: "ITEM 10) Add to Section
>14.2.E: 'Driver and front passenger airbags may be electrically disabled
>but not removed'"
>
>I'm curious as to why it was thought that this rule was needed? My
>initial take on it is this: why limit the steering wheel rule by not
>allowing the removal of the stock steering wheel? What this does, in
>effect, is make it such that only older cars that didn't come with
>airbags may now replace their steering wheel. How does SP as a whole
>benefit from handicapping newer cars (which, btw, have already replaced
>their steering wheels under the longstanding rules)?
>
>I can understand adding a section that allows for the disabling of the
>passenger airbag, but why force people to keep the driver-side airbag if
>it's already disabled?
>
>Before anyone mentions it, the answer is: yes, I *do* plan on writing a
>letter to the SEB with my comments on the proposed rule change. I'd
>just like to hear some of the background on the proposal first.
>
>Thanks,
>David Fauth
>DSP 1995 BMW 325is (w/aftermarket wheel)
>
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