Black Box recorders now fitted to US cars

From: BillK (bill@wkidston.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jun 29 2003 - 03:24:33 MDT

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    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20030613/lo_wplg/1658180s.i

    'Matos' trial made national headlines because of a so-called black box
    inside the his car that provided perhaps the most damaging evidence in
    the case. The black box, a computer which is included in some Ford and
    GM cars and records vehicle conditions, indicated that Matos was
    traveling more than 100 mph down a residential street seconds before the
    crash.'

    This is the ideal use of car black box recorders. If you are doing 114
    mph down a residential street, you can no longer claim that it was just
    another accident. This guy got the maximum 30 years sentence after
    killing two teenagers.

    I didn't know these boxes were already being fitted in US cars so I
    asked Lord Google.

    http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3391730,00.html

    'Black boxes have been in all GM cars since 1999 and in many other makes
    and models since 1996. (See the links below to see if your car comes
    standard with one.)'

    http://drive.fairfax.com.au/content-new/news/features/2003/06/16/FFXA42ZCZGD.html
    And in Australian cars also.

    So it seems that a LOT of cars have these fitted nowadays. And the
    police are allowed to read them after an accident. As more drivers come
    to realize that somebody is watching them all the time then you would
    expect either safer driving behavior or more reckless drivers behind bars.

    BillK

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