Yes there probably are plenty of cars out there that have the passenger airbag disabled with the inhibitor switch, but surely that's different to having a car with a known faulty one ?
Let's say you're driving along with your warning light on, blissfully aware of the fault. You hit a particularly big pothole and bang, the airbag deploys. Sure it's improbable that could happen, but not impossible as you're not sure what exactly the fault is as you haven't had the time/money to get it looked at or just not that bothered as it's "not that important"
You swerve across into the oncoming traffic and……… you get the picture.
If the airbag has been switched off by means of the installed inhibitor, it won't go off which is a totally different matter. I don't know how the law would deal with that situation, but I'm sure they'd go all out to prosecute in the case of a faulty one.
And surely that's the point. When you drive on the roads you have to adhere to the road traffic laws which are different to what happens in the MOT test centre. Your car can still pass the MOT, but the police can prosecute for tinted windows, noisy exhausts etc that can only be advised on the test.
Edited by The-Mechanic on 28/01/2014 at 23:07
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