The bigger deal is that it is ILLEGAL and people should not be posting how to do ILLEGAL things on this or any other site. The number one most at risk person on the road today is the 16-25yr. old male. Now correct me if I am wrong here but how many are on this site, 50%? Now you want them to be able to drive around with a dvd screen running on their dashboard. Give your heads a shake people. If a post like this saves one life, it is worth all the grief that people can lay on me for making a post like this.

 

As far as I know it is not illegal to ground the parking brake wire. Now operating the screen while driving is a different story.

 

There is but one purpose to ground the parking brake wire, that purpose is to make the screen work while the vehicle is in motion = illegal.

 

That is a fairly ignorant statement.

 

I was speaking about grounding the wire in general, not attaching it properly to the e-brake wire to ensure the safety protocols to prohibit the screen from being viewed while the vehicle is in motion.

 

Which is what I was talking about as well. There are more reasons to ground the wire other than just to view the screen while the vehicle is in motion.

 

ok then whats to stop the customer from having the ebrake pulled back one notch. its the same thing, and in some cases the car will chime telling you the ebrake is up, really its up to the customer to make there own decisions about driving safely, if they want to do that thy will find a way !

 

The point is that if you give them that information, and they use it, you are then responsable for the consequences... so if they're watching a dvd in their car while they drive, run a red light and plow into a minivan full of little kids, their parents can sue you personally for causing that accident.

IF you provide information and instructions on how to do something that is illegal to someone who then does it and something bad happens, you are libel for it.

 

This legality is called Duty of Care. It is the same thing when I am at work as the head of the floor in the Pub that I am employed at. While the Pub is in business to serve alcohol, there is also the care and concern of the patron. My job is to ensure that a patron is not overserved as it is illegal in all provinces to be drunk in a public place. This also carries on after the patron has left the establishment. Should I see a patron whom I believe has had to much too drink attempting to drive a vehicle or leave driving a vehicle, this opens the Pub to a lawsuit should there be a accident. I will and have hauled many people out of the Pub (sometimes by their throat or twisted up into a pretzel), hauled people out of their vehicle and will send them to jail on the spot. I have no issues with this at all.

So once again, the real issue here is Duty Of Care. I am sure that the owner of this great site does not want to get his butt sued off over someone on this site not being able to use their common sense, so STOP POSTING HOW TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL.

 

i do understand that its illegal, all im saying is that if the customers is going to have dvd while the viechle is in motion then chances are either they are going to fool around with the install , making the unit unsafe and probably not back straping it back in place, so if they slam on the breaks then it goes flying! thats a hazard all on its own, or if they put the ebrake down one notch too far causing the brakes too seize. also cauisng a accedent. now it is in my best intrest to tell the customer of the dangers of what they are doing, but if they are going to do it then it will happen. thats all im saying. and no we cant get charged by doing a bypass like that. the customer signs a waver saying they understand that this modification should only be used off road , and they fully understand that they should not be watching the screen while the car is in motion, and really theres nothing wrong if the screen tilts to the passenger and the driver cant see it. so there