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Expect Mandatory 'Big Brother' Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015

New submitter Kraftwerk writes "A bill already passed by the Senate and set to be rubber stamped by the House would make it mandatory for all new cars in the United States to be fitted with black box data recorders from 2015 onwards. Section 31406 of Senate Bill 1813 (known as MAP-21), calls for 'Mandatory Event Data Recorders' to be installed in all new automobiles and legislates for civil penalties to be imposed against individuals for failing to do so. 'Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise part 563 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require, beginning with model year 2015, that new passenger motor vehicles sold in the United States be equipped with an event data recorder that meets the requirements under that part,' states the bill."

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  1. Re:slippery slope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You do realize that Republicans are far less concerned with what a woman does to her own body than they are about what she does to the person she is carrying in her womb right?