

The NHTSA is now preparing to finalize the regulation











Source: The Detroit News

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RE: Wonder what else...
By Jeffk464 on 12/7/2012 4:46:35 PM , Rating: 2
I would argue that the US is one of the least "free" countries in the Western World. Somewhere along the way we went from being a free country to having laws and rules for every possible thing you can think of. In LA their is a law against throwing a football on the beach, get that.

RE: Wonder what else...
By Omega215D on 12/9/2012 12:16:31 AM , Rating: 2
Well, the UK may be tied with us..

RE: Wonder what else...
By RufusM on 12/10/2012 10:19:10 AM , Rating: 2
The black box is not inherently bad. It can provide great detail in the events surrounding an accident, disprove lies told by the participants in a case, help improve auto safety design from the collected data, etc.

It's the rules and laws surrounding its use that I fear. It needs to be subject to standard private property search and seizure rules and laws. The police should not be able to get its data without a warrant. Insurance companies are on a need to know basis and only if it impacts certain things they are concerned with. The only actionable data should be the immediate data directly relating to the incident at hand, etc.

For example, if I'm in an car crash the police that kills someone the police should be able to collect data for criminal prosecution purposes. During their collection, however, they should not be allowed to ticket me for speeding violations it recorded over the past week (assuming it even stores that much data).

