Automobile Black Box Sends Driver to Jail

myzor writes "This article from the Montreal Gazette reports that a driver got 18 months in jail for speeding that killed a man, after the black box in his car revealed he was going 157 km/h (98 mph) in a 50 km/h zone in downtown Montreal. The recording device, which stores data on how a car is driven in the last five seconds before a collision, showed that four seconds before impact, the driver had the gas pedal to the floor and didn't brake before impact." Reader ergo98 writes "Setting a precedent for the Canadian legal system, a Quebec man was convicted based upon the incriminating evidence found in his own car's black box." The Star also has another article looking at the issues surrounding the data recorder.

Comments

Re:Man is dead?

[realdpk]

Man is dead, and surprisingly enough it wasn't due to actions of the US, but a citizen of their gentle neighbor to the north.

What about PRIVATE PROPERTY?

[mikelieman]

What's wrong with throwing dynamite into a lake?

Is there any party who has suffered a demonstrable injury from tossing in the dynamite? If not, than there's nothing wrong with it.

Maybe that wasn't the point, though...

Then you bring in this 'argument from adverse consequences' (putting pressure on the decision maker by pointing out dire consequences of an "unfavourable" decision). about shooting people.

Focus, Please.

Let's say you OWN a car, it's YOURS. YOU CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THE CORRECT PAPERWORK.

You have the RIGHT to do with it as you will.

Isn't *that* what FREEDOM *is*? Being able to do WHAT YOU WANT, with your shit?

Now, I suspect you're going to say, "The State Owns The Roads"

Betcha a dollar "The State" can't prove it. And some piddly ass A.D.A. CERTAINLY CANNOT PRODUCE THE PAPERWORK. (much less actually prove the existance of his "client", and a real "attorney/client" relationship with them...)