'Black box' recorder.
I read recently that 'vehicles' in the USA are to be equipped with 'black box recorders' (from a certain manufacturing date).
The context was a car driver who had driven on a closed circuit - wondering how he would explain the excessive speeds if he was stopped and checked. I believe that most UK trucks have electronic digital recorders fitted now - do they retain the record indefinitely or do you have to download the data (to a memory card?) after a certain length of time? Has anyone (US members) anything to add to my opening comment (ie is it true and for what classes of vehicles)? There was a scheme in the UK where drivers could install a black box in return for lower insurance premiums (sometimes with limited hours when you could drive). If the technology exists, then maybe such devices might become standard for all vehicles in the UK? This is from 1999:- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-1111462.html and this from 2008:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...st-driver.html and 2009:- http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/arti...ntid=149574431 2010:- http://www.uswitch.com/news/insuranc...ders-19874886/ Oh - I've found this:- Quote:
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The above references seem to apply to crash data recorders rather than continuous recording devices (which could be used to record excessive speeds).
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From 'Big Rig Steve':-
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The “Black Box” name covers a lot including crash data taken from air bag systems.
It seems - if an accident is severe, sensors in the airbag system will automatically store data, this will happen independently of other sensors that decide whether the air bag is deployed or not. http://www.expertlaw.com/library/acc...ck_boxes2.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_data_recorder |
I think many trucks now have GPS tracking. A Singaporean driver I was speaking to says he gets a phone call "from the office" when he is speeding.
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Big Brother IS watching you!
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