"FoxNews reporting the airbags in his Escalade didn’t employ.. so speculation is heFREE the contents of the Escalade's 'black box' now ...
Let's see what speed was indicated just prior to impact (it should have registered, even if it was no-go on the airbag deplyment.)
An Event Data Recorder or EDR is a device installed in some automobiles to record information related to vehicle crashes or accidents.
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Information from these devices can be collected after a crash and analyzed to help determine what the vehicles were doing before, during and after the crash or event.
The term generally refers to a simple, tamper-proof, read-write memory device, similar to the "black box" found on airplanes (as opposed to the tape recorders and video cameras common in police vehicles and many commercial trucks).