Originally Posted by
P057
the hell kind of retarded reasoning is that?
Travis:"Damn Bill, where should we put the airbag controls where its completely useless and about as obtrusive as possible?"
Bill:"CD deck, because no one will
ever want to change out their deck for something with more quality."
radio is located in the center of the car so it lasts longest in a crash.
Radio contains a great deal of emi shielding as well so its an ideal place for signal processing.
and contrary to popular belief, more people leave the stock radio in than those who voluntarily replace it for an aftermarket. And a great deal of those who replace their stereos with aftermarket do it because the stock unit is prohibitively expensive. With the airbag control integrated, those people will have an extra incentive to replace with oem parts.