And what if our black box “malfunctions” after we buy the car? Does the government pay to fix it? I predict that mine will malfunction rather quickly. And I don’t plan to report it to anyone.
“And what if our black box “malfunctions” after we buy the car?”
Then it would not pass an annual “safety” inspection, just like the exhaust emission controls.
Well, if I were the designer, I’d add in “tamper” alarms that would indicate malfunction or tampering.
Maybe put a little transponder at every gas pump, tollbooth, bridge, and cop car, that would indicate someone operating a motor vehicle with a defective, broken, or tampered “black box”.
Naturally it’ll be a crime to drive with a tampered box.
The fixed location transponders, I’d have them read the black box data and ZigBee or otherwise network it to some vast computer that watches everything, for tax apportionment purposes, and compare it to the data in the box when you get your annual safety and road tax inspection.
But then, I’m not one of the system designers, so maybe they won’t think of enforcement issues.
I imagine it will be an inseparable part of something critical, like the engine’s computer. Can’t take that out and still run.