Hello Educator Colleagues,

Do you disable or remove airbags, curtains and/or seat belt tensioners on the school cars that students use for labs? I warn my students about staying clear of the yellow jacketed cables and associated SRS modules and to disconnect the battery for at least 10 minutes before dash & steering wheel work, but it's not uncommon for warnings to go unheeded when they are an hour or so late on finishing a lab. Besides, what student listens to an instructor anyway? They would listen after getting sideways with a deploying airbag boy-howdy!

I never gave it much thought before today but it sure seems like an incredible hazard having these systems left in place on school training cars.

What say you?

Lee Snorteland
Educator/Instructor/Engineer
American River College
Sacramento, California, USA