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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  I agree with the others. A dog strap clicked into your seatbelt with no weight in the seat (I'm assuming passenger seat) should not turn off ALL the airbags. It should only turn off the passenger airbag(s) on newer cars.
Having ZoE seat strapped into my passenger seat in my last car, older Ford Mustang, did not turn off the airbag. Having a child or lightweight adult in the front didn't turn off the airbag either. That was a problem for me as ZoE would be seriously injured should an airbag go off, so ZoE always rode in the back where there was no airbag.
My new Cadillac, automatically turns off the front passenger airbags, if little or no weight is detected and anything is buckled into the belt, so ZoE could potentially ride up front, but now she us used to riding in the back, and it's safer for her anyway, so the back is where she always rides. |
My boys enjoy the backseat too. Our car is a 2001 and the airbags do not turn off manually or through sensors.
When the car was 3 weeks old, I accidentally hit the undercarriage hard on a curb causing the passenger seat side impact airbag to deploy. Scariest thing ever! I thought a bomb had gone off and I'm convinced those airbags would break my arm. It's because of airbags that I started wearing my seat belt faithfully, before the laws were enacted.
