In Car Black Box

[Deebo]

Remember that Story about the Guy who ran his T/A into a car killing 2 girls, and sed he was doing 50 but was actually goin 114?

Car and driver has an article on that issue this month. its not a black box per se... its the Airbag controller that records this info, info which is needed so the car can decide if it needs to deploy the airbags or not, and if so whether to deploy them in softer or harder mode. and it remembers the last 5 seconds of speed and varios other parameter readings in the event of a crash. it costs a good chunk of money to release this information from the controller to PC. And this technology has recently been under question as violating privacy laws...

This technology has been in GM cars since 1998

Oh and the perpetrator, edwin matos, was NOT driving a T/A, he owned a Grand Am. And hes now in jail for 30 years.. woof.

Deebo

[toastychicken]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'm being watched :shifty: :shifty: :shifty:

[4U 2 NV]

it should be night and day by looking at the accident to tell that he was doing a bit more than 50. Look at a wreck thats at 50 and then look at the one at 114(or whats left of it)

[HORSEpower]

There wasn't a wreck. He hit two girls. It's hard to tell the difference of impact on two bodies.

Kurt

[Deebo]

no i think they hit the girls car.. they were backing out of a driveway when they got hit... i dont remember i have to read the article again

Deebo

[HORSEpower]

no i think they hit the girls car.. they were backing out of a driveway when they got hit... i dont remember i have to read the article again

Deebo

Oh ok, it's been awhile since I read the article too. Thirty years for speeding and wreckless drving is still very harsh.

Kurt