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.
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...
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?
I don't think they installed them on '88 ford broncos, but I'll look.
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.
Attorney Wayne Copeland: "We're no longer a country that's as free as it once was. We're more of a police state every day."Defendant's attorney, no doubt, busy poisoning the jury pool ...
If Russell Weller hadn't hit a car at an intersection thereby causing his car to stop with a body on the hood and one underneath, he'd still be plowing people over.
It has already been used for at least one DUI trial. The facts gleaned from the recorder were air bag deployment time and brake application.
Any legal eagles here can explain why it is not a 5th ammendment violation to prosecute somebody using this data ?
Anybody know if flight data recorders can be used for criminal and civil proceedings? I thought they were used only for the safety investigation, but I could be wrong.
If a speeding Drunk hits you,,You already have seen the data
Sorry guys, it's not just one box; your OBD-II system (all all cars and light trucks made since 1996, records all kinds of drivetrain-related data for emissions compliance; you supplemental restraint system records a continuous loop of data right up until an air bag deploys, and other vehicle systems also keep tabs on various vehicle parameters.
Words from someone with something to hide.
Maybe George Jones knew something before we all did. They don't have them on Lawn Mowers yet, do they?