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Thread ID: 14616 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2004-08-04
2004-08-04 06:33 | User Profile
'Black Box' Recommended for All Vehiles
By LESLIE MILLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The government should require data recorders in all passenger vehicles, federal safety officials said Tuesday in a recommendation arising from the investigation of a car crash that killed 10 people and injured 63.
National Transportation Safety Board (news - web sites) investigators concluded the 86-year-old driver had stepped on the gas instead of the brake and plowed into a farmers market in Santa Monica, Calif., on July 16, 2003.
They came to that determination without testimony from the driver, George Weller, who refused on his lawyer's advice to talk with the investigators.
The board concluded investigators could have gained a better scientific understanding of Weller's behavior had his 1992 Buick LeSabre been outfitted with an event data recorder, or "black box."
"We believe very strongly that vehicles should have a black box," NTSB chairman Ellen Engleman Conners said.
[url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_go_ot/vehicle_black_boxes] Read the rest here[/url]
[I]Wonder what all they're gonna track![/I] :shocking:
2004-08-04 13:34 | User Profile
Lots of cars already have "black boxes." If the government were to mandate them, it wouldn't be long until a cop could pull you over, read your black box and give you a ticket based on the data.
2004-08-05 05:15 | User Profile
Orwell was right - he just had the date wrong! This is just another step toward all encompassing government. The thought police are coming next.
2004-08-05 18:12 | User Profile
But this is 'for your own safety', right? Just like the GPS units mandated in all new cell phones. :rolleyes: