I always figured it would be a black box installed in the car for insurance companies to monitor your speed and adjust costs. Guess I was wrong- now it’s an app.
If you have a fairly new car, it’s already there. Here’s an excerpt from “Edmonds”.
“Over the years, as electronics got cheaper, smaller and smarter, event data recorders became capable of doing more than simply monitoring airbags. Automakers realized the devices could be used to provide information about the seriousness of an accident, and if a car was being operated properly when a crash occurred. Based on a separate NHTSA regulation passed in 2012, if a vehicle today does have an event data recorder, it must track 15 specific data points, including speed, steering, braking, acceleration, seatbelt use, and, in the event of a crash, force of impact and whether airbags deployed.”
Happy Motoring.