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Mandatory Automotive Black Boxes May Be On the Way
Attila Dimedici writes "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to announce a new regulation requiring all vehicles to contain a 'black box.' Not only that, but the devices would be designed to make it difficult (possibly illegal) to modify what information these devices collect or to disable them even though the courts have ruled that the owner of the vehicle owns the data. The courts have also ruled that authorities may access that data (to what degree and whether a warrant is necessary depends on the state)."
"especially to prosecute those who cause accidents by speeding."
Instead of pulling over the slow guy doing 10 under in the fast lane?
Why not fix the source of the problem instead of the effects of said problem? The most dangerous thing on the road is a slow conservative person who believes they do not have to yield for faster traffic, if they are doing the speed limit.
Actually most laws in the US are worded so that no matter how fast you go, you still have to yield if someone is going faster. Cops sort out who is going too fast, either way it's your job to MOVE. Somehow conservative people believe they follow the law, but in reality they pick and choose what they follow.
If you're such a goodie two shoes, the law says "slower yields to faster", NOT "slower only yields to faster if slow person is doing less than the speedlimit".
Tards
@AC
I've been driving for the better part of the past 10 years, have had no at-fault accidents and drive very safely. I do a mix of city driving and long range highway driving. I spend a majority of the time of driving in the left lane with cruise control on (I live in a state where we don't have a keep right law).
I can assure you that I have almost *never* encountered a person in the "fast lane" going beneath the speed limit except in the cases of congestion.
What I can tell you, however, is that no matter how "fast" I am going in the "fast lane" (60mph, 70mph, 80mph, even 90mph at times)--there is always at least *someone* that wants to go faster.
So your claims of "people going 10 under" in the "fast" lane are unfounded and coming from someone that is likely one of the people above.
Here's a tip for you: slow the fuck down.