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re: Government wants to make Airbags & ABS standard on new cars



Quote: Reinhard Originally Posted by Wonderful decision. But the last part doesn't make sense. So mandatory for older cars too? Does that mean I have to go and get my dashboard and steering changed to those with airbags and add sensors to the front? And I'll be a criminal if my car doesn't have airbags? I don't trust the a.s.s. To be able to do it well. This will just be another way of siphoning off money and door for the traffic cops to hold the old car owners for ransom. Funny how decisions can never be simple and beneficial for the commons. Quote: joybhowmik Originally Posted by That's precisely what's got my antenna up. Even ABS is not an easy aftermarket fitment AFAIK.



Not sure if this rule of pre-2015 cars will be notified without seeking public opinion. It was a different matter with retrospective fitment of seat-belts - those are relatively low tech parts.



It might actually be easier for the government to stipulate a time-period (say a period of 7-10 years) by which all such pre-2015 cars (that don't have ABS, Airbags, seat-belt warning) would be de-registered automatically (i.e. fit for scrap).

With increasing computerization of RTO records, that may actually make it easier to identify such cars.



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Govt should give this some more thought. Most of the cars today come with Airbags and ABS in their top variants. So there is no question of adopting this technology to existing cars. They will just need to reshuffle their production lines to get the safety features in place for the lower and mid variants. At max give them time till Mar'2016. 2017 is too far! Welcome move.I think this rule is for Manufacturers only. Not for the public to go and retrofit these systems in their cars. Suppose Hyundai launches the Compact SUV after Oct'15 - that will need to come with airbags and ABS. But the older models on sale, say, i10 has till 2017 till it comes with airbags and ABS.--------------Govt should give this some more thought. Most of the cars today come with Airbags and ABS in their top variants. So there is no question ofthis technology to existing cars. They will just need to reshuffle their production lines to get the safety features in place for the lower and mid variants. At max give them time till Mar'2016. 2017 is too far!