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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?"
Does this mean that I have to microwave my car now???
Well, in that case you'd be violating the DMCA or a terrorist, whichever is more expensive in your state.
> Well, in that case you'd be violating the DMCA
...you'd be violating the DMCA or you'd be a terrorist,...
> or a terrorist, whichever is more expensive
> in your state.
How can violating a terrorist be expensive?
Oh, wait you mean,
Ok, nothing to see here, just move on.
we need an "-1 Plain wrong" moderation option!
In that vein, though, did you ever watch "Pulp Fiction"?
Free Software: Like love, it grows best when given away.
Yeah, for about 3 weeks before an EDR modchip hits the market that reports whatever you want it to report.
I can see it now: "OK, we'll just download the black box data and..... Gentlemen this car was only ever used once a week to drive to church. Oh, and all you autos are belong to us."
Will the Modchip also let me run linux?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Black Boxen!
Did I miss anything?... I think there is a joke with car crashes and Kernel panics but its just not leaping out at me.
This AC should be +5 Funny not +5 Interesting, moderators engage brains before moderating, tacking chips in fertiliser and gasoline!!!
p.s. AC you better watch out for those my^H^Hthose stealth tracking packets that are now winging there way to your PC now and will be tracked all the way by my^H^H those Sentinals^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H UN Stealth choppers.
Agent^H^H^H^H^H Fred Smith.
If( speed > 100 ) /* We're about to crash anyway */
{ airbag(deploy); }