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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
gk: Comparing black boxes to airport screening? Not parallel. Security screening is a preventative measure against intentional acts of mayhem. EDRs tell a tale after an event and do nothing to prevent it. We could compare them to... ummm... Black Boxes! Note: nobody has suggested that those be removed from commercial airliners, but as was previously pointed out, common carriers are different and fall under the jurisdiction of the NTSB - my car does not.
Agree: You frighten me. If you're a good driver, you have nothing to worry about? Is that anything like, "Trust us - We're from the government?"