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In the US you have an option to turn front passenger airbags off and place a baby seat there. In Europe there's no such option.

I hope those enormous modern seats are made that way for the sake of protection. Cause even with a bigger car, like Audi A6, two such seats consume all the space on the back bench

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> In Europe there's no such option.

Yes, there is.

On the models designed for the US market - maybe. I have checked with 3 cars being produced specifically for Europe: Volvo, Audi and Toyota. While on the majority of videos and instructions there's a special off switch, on those cars it does not exist.

Pretty sure it's mandatory - I seem to recall a considerable educational campaign when they first arrived in Poland regarding passenger front side airbag and child car seats.

I think you are incorrect on this, certainly for Audi but probably Toyota and Volvo as well.

All my European cars had that option including a 2005 diesel Suzuki Jimny and a 2013 Audi A1.

I live here and have rented vehicles across pretty much all brands and have never seen a car where the front passenger airbag can't be turned off. In fact there are ~identical regulatory stickers on the passenger sun shade warning that the passenger airbag needs to be turned off when a rear facing car seat is used in the passenger seat.

No such option in Europe?

This is mandatory at all European countries since the first passenger seat airbag.

> In the US you have an option to turn front passenger airbags off and place a baby seat there. In Europe there's no such option.

What? This is totally false. Even friggin cheapo Dacias have that feature.

Meh, probably I was thinking unlucky with my garage then

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