Privacy Experts Shun Black Boxes, Some safety and privacy experts are reacting with apprehension, others with all out condemnation over a recent ruling by the National Transportation Safety Board to require 'black boxes' in all new cars manufactured in the United States. ... Evidence From Black Boxes in Cars Turns Up in Courts...
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Like aviation recorders, automobile black boxes mainly receive attention after an accident. ... He also fears that data recorders will converge with other devices — such as locators and voice recorders — now finding their way into cars.
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Until a few weeks ago, Florida attorney Scott Weires was eagerly awaiting delivery of his new Nissan GT-R. But in late August, Weires canceled his ... Similar so-called black boxes, or electronic data recorders (EDRs), are now standard equipment in a majority of passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold in the United States.
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by March 9, 2005 8:58 AM PST Personally, I have no problem with black boxes in cars. They have proven in valuable for airplanes and I think they will for cars. However, I think there needs to be very strict limits on when the information can be taken, how it can be used and by who.
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When a plane crashes, one of the first things that investigators do is to try to find the flight data recorder or "black box". It allows investigators to determine what may have gone wrong and caused the crash. Black boxes in cars can function in about the same way.  ...
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So, it may come as a surprise to learn that millions of cars and trucks are also equipped with a similar device imbedded deep in the airbag module. ... NewsCenter 5's Jorge Quiroga said that while these "black boxes" were designed to monitor vehicle safety, criminal charges against a Beverly, Mass., woman are now...
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The Associated Press reported that according to a South Dakota highway patrol officer, "Janklow's 1995 Cadillac has a black box, which records information such as how fast the car was going and whether the brakes were applied." How many cars have such black boxes, and what information do they record?
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A growing number of highway safety advocates are calling for the use of high-tech black boxes in cars $280 devices that can show parents a young driver's every move at a time when roughly 10 teens die every day in the USA in crashes involving teen... ... The black box, easily installed in cars made after 1995, has a memory...
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Insurers also seem to favor so-called black boxes for cars, in part because they would help them determine who is at fault in accidents. But they say courts will first have to sort through how such devices could be used in litigation and whether they are reliable.
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Tags: black boxes, cars ... Working with technology and service providers Safety Intelligence Systems (SIS) and IBM, the project is to allow airline-style "black boxes" embedded in automobiles to instantly transmit crash data to a centralised database, allowing emergency services to respond to accidents much more quickly.
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