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Automakers Must Disclose If Vehicles Have Black Boxes
National News • August 23, 2006
Automakers will be required to tell owners if their vehicle has an event data recorder, commonly called a "black box,'' and collect uniform data from the devices, the federal government said.
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| RE: Black Box Industry Perspective | Aug 24, 2006, 2:37 pm |
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| Black Box Industry Perspective | Doug Sampson | Aug 24, 2006, 10:22 am |
| black box | Andy | Aug 24, 2006, 9:48 am |
| RE: RE: Societal Well-being | Rob | Aug 24, 2006, 8:03 am |
| RE: RE: Societal Well-being | incred | Aug 24, 2006, 7:59 am |
| RE: Societal Well-being | Agree | Aug 24, 2006, 7:41 am |
| Societal Well-being | gk | Aug 23, 2006, 6:04 pm |
| Is your car spying on you. | Larry Lubell | Aug 23, 2006, 3:28 pm |
| At what cost? | Baffled and Bewildered | Aug 23, 2006, 12:49 pm |
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Subject: RE: RE: Societal Well-being
As has been noted, the implications for underwriting and claims adjusting are immense.
But it does not make sense that drivers currently aren't notified about the presence of a black box in their own cars. In many other areas of our lives, we're made aware if a third party is collecting and analyzing data on our behavior (even if it's in unreadably small print). Why wouldn't drivers be told if their actions on the road are being recorded?