[siwelk07]

i think some people are forgetting what we're talking about here. It's the seatbelt CHIME for christ's sake. Half the people who want to alleviate this annoying sound DO wear their seatbelts but feel its not necessary for the chime to go off every 30 seconds or whatever to remind them. Some people drive down a lane to their mailbox or simply move their car to another side of the street and dont want to deal with the stupid ding that Honda has implemented. On my 04 Ford F150 it gave step-by-step instructions on how to disable the sound in the owners manual. The person who posted the DIY has done nothing more than explored options on how to help fellow owners get around this utterly annoying "reminder." Its sad that their post was deleted because it was informative and gave a solution to a problem many people had inquired about. And isn't that what the internet is for? especially public forums?? The internet was based on the idea that we, as people, need an effective and efficient way to share information. Public forums are created to give people a place to voice their opinions, answer questions, and share information that they have gathered from personal experience. Given the nature of the internet, its going to be full of differing opinions, and thats OK. That's the beauty of the internet, anyone can use it and hopefully people will try to do it in a helpful manner. There has been many posts dealing with how to disable this seatbelt chime. People would ask about it and most of the time it would generate a response from someone in the form of "just grow up" or "just wear your selt belt." Well Im a grown man and Ill choose not to wear my seatbelt if i damn well please. Just because its illegal doesnt mean that I have to follow that rule. Just like i speed sometimes, and fail to use my turn signal on occasion. And it was really nice that someone who shared my feelings on the "chime" matter took it upon themselves to offer a solution to the problem for me and everyone else who wanted the information. Not once in any of the previous threads concerning this topic did a moderator say what would happen once a DIY for this problem was in the making. It's awfully sad that the whole basis for the idea of public forums was infringed upon. The whole reasong behind this being illegal and a "liability" is BS. If they're gonna say that then they need to draw a line in the sand and not let any threads concerning illegal activity be created. i.e. race headers, street racing, speeding, window tint, bumper height, etc. Where is it going to end? I was lucky enough to get the info before it was deleted and I will use the mod and ill be happy with it. I think if Honda wouldve thought about this a little more and made a way to disable it from the factory they wouldnt have people tryin to hack up their seatbelt harness and mess with the airbag sensors and fuses in an attempt to get rid of this nuisance. If you ask me, in a way Honda made this feature less safe because people who dont know what theyre doing are gonna end up disabling their airbags completely and that defeats the whole purpose of Honda's safety. I mean the thread and subsequent posts from members were deleted over a DIY to remove the seatbelt chime??? Give me a freakin' break.


Wether you wear your seatbelt or not I dont care. I couldnt give two ****s about everyones personal opinion on the matter. The fact is, that there was demand from a number of people for a solution to this, one was given, and his offering to the people was takin away. And on what grounds? Because its "illegal"
Come on, its not like he posted a DIY on how to make your Si chime like an ice cream truck and lure naive children. Now THATS wrong. This IMO isnt.