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Car Owners to be Notified of Blackboxes in Vehicle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spy-in-the-cab dept.

smooth wombat writes "As a follow-up to this long ago posting, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has passed a resolution requiring car manufacturers to inform buyers if their cars are equipped with Event Data Recorders (EDRs). The new regulation also standardizes what information is to be collected. Car manufacturers must comply with the new regulation beginning in the 2011 model year."

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  1. Freudian slip? by grammar+fascist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As a follow-up to this long ago posting, the National Highway Traffic Safety Asministration has passed a resolution...

    Somebody almost made a Freudian slip.

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  2. Who? by shoma-san · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I didn't know there was a National Highway Traffic Safety Asministration...

  3. Hmm, lets see why this is a bad idea by MBC1977 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just one reason why this is bad

    Denial of Licence (Due to speeding):
    I'm from NYC originally (but anybody drives on a highway will understand), the posted speed limit is 65, yet the flow of traffic is 85 possibly 90.
    Of course, if you do follow the posted speed limit, you run the risk of an accident due to the other drivers trying not to hit you, even in the slow lane.
    So, you stay in the flow. This occurs over the course of several years, you've never been in an accident. Its time to renew your licence, so you go
    to the DMV, where they ask to scan your car's black box (BB). After scanning your BB, you are told you are being denied a licence, or worse you are under
    arrest for speeding X amount of times and must pay back fines plus court cost.

    Yes I know some will think this is a great idea, but the reality is, with these BB, individual drivers have given up a bit more of their freedom for the
    perception (and in some cases a reality) of security. Of course the smart thing would be to design cars with a lower top speed (but then who would
    purchase them?)

    This is just one possible scenario, but if this goes through, I would not be surprised to see this implemented short thereafter.

    I'll close with a thought (though its not mine, but I understand the meaning) those who are willing to sacrifice a little freedom deserve no freedom.

    Regards,

    MBC1977,
    (US Marine, College Student, and Good Guy!)

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