Posted on 02/04/2005 7:31:09 PM PST by Rennes Templar
Well, if the data recorded on the box is accurate, that kid should be in trouble.
I say take a hammer to it since you own it with the car. Until they pass a law stating that it's Govt. Property then....IMO of course.
of course, but we only here about these extreme cases.
most of the cases where this is going to be used will not be such extreme cases, they will be "simple" cases. Basically, if you are involved in an accident that results in serious injury or fatality to someone else - if you've made one mistake, 10MPH over the limit, maybe you didn't brake as early as you could have before the impact - they are going to use the car data to both prosecute you in court, or go after your assets in civil court. these black boxes will force anyone who gets into an accident to show they they were a "perfect driver" before the impact.
Big trouble.
what are you going to do, after the crash, start rooting around under the hood looking for the box so you can smash it? the police are going to arrive and impound the vehicle before you can do that.
Evil Data Recorder? My data recorder only records goodness. ;-)
Most people don't know their car has a black box.The most hackneyed term of our lifetimes: black box.
The slang from which this sprouted as used by the true techies should *never* have been allowed to have 'escaped' ...
as long as it doesn't record my baaad singing...
A warrant will still be needed to allow law enforcement to use the data. If a driver doesn't provide probable cause, he's got nothing to worry about.
i honestly TRY to drive correctly, so i don't care.
They are similar to ones in airplanes, although they don't record voices, but they do record plenty of other things that happen before a crash.FAILURE by the author to understand that there are TWO types of recorders aboard air-transport aircraft - data and voice recorders?
It will also show if you have a habit of going over the speed limit!
the accident alone is probable cause. cars are routinely imponded after these types of accidents for safety checks anyway.
I don't think they installed them on '88 ford broncos, but I'll look.
No, eliminate it just after you purchase it. Not tamper with evidence of a crime scene. That would be wrong.
On the other hand, if you are in an accident where you are not at fault (ie normal driving and blindsided by another) then the box should help prove that.
There's no way that nutjob was braking. The 10 people he killed were spaced over a distance of at least 100 yards and they weren't all in the same line. He won't do any time because he's an old fogey.
Well, I'd say an accident is a good reason to demand the data :)
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