Posted on 07/05/2022 6:55:46 AM PDT by george76
You wouldn’t believe all the computers in Mrs rktman’s ‘07 Volvo. Maybe we should trade it on an EV. Nah. 😂
Also if you have a cellphone they can monitor that as well.
If ‘on star’ can unlock your car, it can also turn it off. 🤔😜
Faraday bag? 😁✌
Gee, the wires to that box must have come loose when I went over a speed bump...
Carter was bad, among the worst, but Nixon was responsible for the double-nickel limit, not Carter.
Is there an easy way to disconnect the GPS antenna?
Will the car complain endlessly if you do?
Is it legal?
May of 2918 all cars come with black boxes in the US. Every button you press, your braking, speed et al are recorded. Police can now access your black box to prosecute you. Most of the time, when the news says another country has something, we already do.
*2018
The Germans aren’t going to like a speed limiter.
“I brought a print-out of the device from the trip in question that proved that I did, indeed, stop. “
Wow! Interesting story. The black boxes in our cars just remember things, correct? They don’t communicate in real time with big brother, correct?
I would never recommend a license plate frame with IR LEDs for your European car. Never.
Black Boxes Matter!
I guess I’m keeping my 1998 K2500 and my 2001 Corolla. Just put a new engine in the K2500 so I’m good... except for the 14 mpg.
I heard the same. My Father-in-Law was in a horrible accident a few years back. He was driving his F350 Platinum 4x4 Diesel truck on count road and an old timer ran the stop sign. My FIL t-boned him, and it killed the old timer, totaled the F350 and my FIL suffered a broken neck.
His insurance company obtained the black box from the F350 and the other car and found out the speeds of both at the time of impact. They used that against him to initially deny his claim, since both were speeding.
See my post 35
This will be just as effective as “gun-free zone” laws. Criminals will continue having illegal vehicles that can speed, and citizens trying to escape crime or fire, or get to a hospital, will be victimized.
The black boxes have been around for a while now. Several years ago a former student of mine was involved in a serious single-car wreck. Two girls and two guys speeding on a rural highway. She sustained life-changing injuries and I believe her friend was killed.
Of course the driver was charged. But as it turned out the charges against him were dropped. After the wreck the driver got out of the car, opened the back door, dragged his unconscious buddy out of the back and into the front seat, then got into the back seat and waited for the EMTs to arrive.
But the black box told the tale of the wreck, the driver’s door being opened, the back door being opened, the driver’s door being closed and the back door being closed. The right guy ended up going to prison. Don’t know how his friend felt about the attempted frame up.
Many years ago the subject was debated in public and they declared they would only record a minute or two before a collision, insurance companies were demanding acmes to that data, wanna bet whether they get it or not?
Yes it is and you or I can't do a danged thing about it. Our phones do much more than they tell us too.
Well you could invest in a 60's muscle car or similar vintage auto I guess.
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