Motorcycle airbag vest will stop working if you miss a payment

Re:Motorcycle airbag vest will stop working if you miss a pa... by oh_sigh on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @06:28PM (#27056622)

Is there any safety equipment that leaves the manufacturer legally liable if the end user doesn't set up and activate the equipment properly? Is Honda responsible if my seatbelt doesn't work, because I didn't put it on?

It's not like this airbag is a passive, always-ready device. You can't even just put it on and expect it to work. You need to actually turn it on too, and have the batteries charged. And if you turn it on and it says "NOT ACTIVE" or something like that, would anyone believe that the airbag was going to work?

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Re:Motorcycle airbag vest will stop working if you miss a pa... by bsder on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @06:44PM (#27056775)

Honda would be liable if the passenger airbag doesn't go off because the "passenger sensor" failed.

The addition of the "passenger sensor" added extra failure modes that have to be managed and certified.

Now, car manufacturers did this because people are stupid and put their children in car seats on the passenger side and Honda doesn't want to kill children.

Nevertheless, you have to account for the failure modes and sign off on them. I can't imagine anyone with a PE signing off of this kind of fiasco. I'm sure you can find one somewhere if you pay enough money, but man ...

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Re:Motorcycle airbag vest will stop working if you miss a pa... by oh_sigh on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:23PM (#27057189)

That's an instance where the product says it is working but it doesn't. Not where a product says it isn't working and it doesn't.

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