A Quick Question for the Indiana Officers Or Anyone Who Might Know

[Bazooka Joe71]

My new stereo has a built in DVD player, that requires the parking break to be engaged in order for the DVD player to work, as well as setting destinations for the navigation.

Now, I have no desire to roll around and watch DVDs while I am driving, but I have a young son that can really get on your nerves if not kept entertained...Is it illegal to have video media playing from the front seat, or is the warning sign when the player is starting up saying "viewing while driving is strictly prohibited" put on there to cover their a$$ from lawsuits?

[melensdad]

I'm under the impression that Indiana law makes it illegal for a driver to be able to view video. Does your deck have a video out to feed the video to remote screens while blanking out the front screen?

[HandK49031]

I am not sure about IN law but MI law says you can not have it Visible from the drivers seat while moving down the rd, Note this does not aply to GPS systems just tv and movies, Hope this helps.

[Bazooka Joe71]

Yeah, I figured it was illegal even though I think having a DVD player in view of the front seat isn't nearly as dangerous as having an iPod hooked up to your stereo and trying to sift through songs, or the 100's of people I see everyday typing out text messages will driving.

Does your deck have a video out to feed the video to remote screens while blanking out the front screen?

Yes it does. It has pretty much everything you can think of (including telling you when you are speeding, which I turned off in a hurry).

I already did the bypass where you just insert a wire into a certain empty slot on the wiring harness and ground it, thus bypassing the parking break, but I still don't want to get a ticket trying to appease my little hellion.

I'm not sure if there is a way to turn the front screen off and have another video feed running to a screen in the back, since I already did the bypass, but it doesn't matter because I could just have the navi screen on instead of the DVD screen.

[repair]

Originally Posted by Bazooka Joe71

Yeah, I figured it was illegal even though I think having a DVD player in view of the front seat isn't nearly as dangerous as having an iPod hooked up to your stereo and trying to sift through songs, or the 100's of people I see everyday typing out text messages will driving.

Now come on it's more dangerous to watch the DVD ..... I believe that soon it will illegal to text while driving and heaven help you if you are in a crash and they get ahold of your text record and you were texting when you crashed.... remember the engineer in that train crash in CA if he hadn't died he would have spend time in prison.

[Bazooka Joe71]

We always bypassed the (P) sensor just because most people don't care about that law.

Yeah, I didn't bypass it because I don't care about the law (even though I don't care in this situation where there are tons of more dangerous things that aren't illegal), I did it because if I am on the freeway/interstate and need to set/change a destination I'm not risking my life by pulling over to the side of the road and engaging my parking break so I can change something on my navigation...Or risking multiple lives so my passenger, who isn't driving can change the destination.

Just get a 12v-110 converter from sams club to power the dvd player. I think its about 40-50$.

Converter or inverter?

I just bought a 400 watt inverter to keep in my car for camping and such.

[6birds]

... on my truck, one single click on the parking brake is enough to override the system, and does not apply the brakes yet... just saying....

[Skoty]

As a car audio/video installer Indiana state law makes it Illegal to watch media while the car is in motion FROM drivers seat (in dash screen in front cabin of vehicle). There are companies that make visor's with screens built in so front passenger can watch it in their visor. We always bypassed the (P) sensor just because most people don't care about that law. We also would install remote starts on Manual Transmissions as well. They just had to sign a waiver for either action stating we are not responsible for their actions.

Depending on the rear screens wiring (factory or aftermarket) some people would buy a el-cheapo dvd player and have it run the back monitors. Just get a 12v-110 converter from sams club to power the dvd player. I think its about 40-50$. But if you are in a SUV/Van I wouldn't be too concerned about it. With car manufacturers putting screens in the back of front seats, I have noticed less people getting pulled over for it (customer feedback). They tend to target the younger croud that seem to swerve all over the road that have over 5,000 watts in their trunk and screens all over the car. Just my