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Auto Black-Box Data Being Used In Court
DrEnter writes "Yahoo! is running this USAToday article about automobile electronic data recorder (EDR or "black-box") data being used in civil and criminal court cases. Most owners of cars so equipped don't know they have them, or that they can be used against them. The NHTSA has been investigating EDRs and is collecting public comments to determine if and how these devices should be regulated."
can and will be used against you by columbo.
unplug the odometer.
I am certain that on a number of higher priced cars (such as Porsches or BMW's) they record lots of little details
Unfortunately we will be able to verify this. All the geek owned flash motors have been repo'ed since the dotcom bust.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
The previous post was paid for by CRAP, Citizens Rallying Against Privacy, a non-profit organization dedicated to disabusing the plebes of the strange notion that they have rights.
Muslim community leaders warn of backlash from tomorrow morning's terrorist attack.
Of course it'd be only fair if your bike had one as well.
PROVE IT to your insurance, employer, and goverment:
bring your car to us and we'll switch your BLACK box
with our WHITE box, always driven under 25 MPH,
always seat-belted, by our team of grandmothers!
Cheers, Joel
the blue screen of death.
Only more informative.
It was recently revealed that the NTSB has been working with some automanufacturers to deploy black boxes in passenger vehicles. Of special interest was drivers last words immediately before impact. In 49 of the 50 states, it was typically "Oh, shit", but in here in Montana, most drivers last words were "Hold my beer and watch this!!"
yes, thanks, your pedantry is noted.
I used to have a better sig than this, but I got tired of it
What we need is an "Anti-Black-Box" (White Box???)gizmo that plugs into the ODBII data port thingy (ASE techs help me out here) and has a reset switch that I can press to clear the memory of the black box in case I'm ever pulled over or cause an accident. Maybe even program it to continually write a set of "safe and law-abiding" parameters into the black box so that I'm always covered even if I can't get to the manual reset. USPTO here I come!
PS - Until I get this on the market I recommend all slashdotters keep a stun gun under the driver's seat for a low-tech method of above. Or at least keep a little petrol in a bottle as a last-ditch backup plan. The cops and the insurance claims guy will gasp in horror as your vehicle bursts into a magnificent "CHiPs" style fireball destroying the damning evidence.
Don't be afraid of your Freedom!