Black Box in Speeder's Car Helped Conviction

sessamoid writes "This article in Newhouse News tells the story of a man who was recently convicted of two counts of manslaughter and vehicular homicide each, partially on evidence obtained from the Electronic Data Recorder (EDR) in the car. EDR's are found in all cars with airbags to measure the performance and effectiveness of the airbags and the conditions in which they are used. In this case, the EDR revealed that the driver was not travelling at 60 mph, as he claimed, but actually peaked at 114 mph (in a residential neighborhood) just seconds before the collision. Could this be the forerunner of many such cases in the future, where our cars tell the unadulterated facts, rather than subjective personal accounts?"

Comments

Re:Yo Ashcroft-baby, My car is my castle!!!

[countvlad]

After all, it's your God-given right to lie after running down a couple of innocent people when doing 100+ MPH in a residential neighbourhood. I'm sure this is exactly why the founding father's wanted to protect civil liberties.

Writing is like.....

[BWJones]

Gee, reading that article is like listening to a GW Bush speech. Perhaps it's just my browser, but everything.....is.....broken.....up.....into....ea sily.....digestible.....pieces with few sentences or paragraphs that are conjoined conceptually or grammatically. I guess this is how one appeals to the common person (average reading level in the US is eighth grade), but I hope I don't see this sort of writing and reporting get any more popular.