Congress may be able to mandate the car companies install them. However, they can’t mandate that we not remove them.
True, but be prepared to find that they've been made an integral part of your vehicle's electrical and computer systems. Remove them, and you may end up disabling the car.
“However, they can’t mandate that we not remove them.”
I will bet you the price of the car that the vehicle is disabled and won’t start if the black box is tampered with or removed. Sort of like the anti-lock brakes that when broken or unplugged, disable the vehicle from running at all.
Chief Justice will allow them to “tax” you if you do under the all-powerful taxing clause. /sarc
I’d bet if you remove it the car won’t work. Computer systems are tied together. You remove something from the bus (aka network) and it all shuts down.
Oh, yeah?
If you live in a state the imposes mandatory annual smog checks, you can plan on a test of the BB being part of the inspection. If the BB doesn't pass, you don't pass the test. No pass, no registration. You're grounded.
” However, they can’t mandate that we not remove them.”
If they can mandate that we don’t remove tags from mattresses, they can mandate we don’t remove black boxes from cars.
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“Congress may be able to mandate the car companies install them. However, they can’t mandate that we not remove them.”
They will prolly attach it to the ignition system so if you tamper with it the car won’t start.