[jim_trent]

I have posted about this before. The cars were Ford Crown Vics that were being used as police cars. Two policemen (in two different Crown Vics) were racing to a non-critical call. They collided. One said that the car went dead on him as he was coming up to the stoplight. The other one backed him up.

Turns out (from the black box) that the car was working perfectly. One guy ran a red light when it was policy NOT to do so with that type of call. The other guy backed him in the lie. They challenged the accuracy of the black box, but lost. Both were suspended for three days. Both appealed to the Personnel Board that this was "excessive", but were overruled.

Perhaps Ford only does this on Police Cars, but I would doubt it.

[dansangel]

Perhaps Ford only does this on Police Cars, but I would doubt it.

It's possible - the police have other recording devices in their cars such as video cameras. I can give Ford the benefit of the doubt. But I tend to agree with you.

Thank you for filling in the details. Again, a case of where the box was helpful in figuring out the cause of a crash, not used to "spy" on us. Good grief.

I wonder how many of these alarmists use credit cards. There's a ton of information being given out about you when you make a charge purchase. Or how about when you visit a website and records are kept as to where you go and what transactions you make. No one seems to care too much about *that* infringement of privacy. But a 5-second recording device? The sky is falling!