interesting news

[Steve's Mail]

Daver Farrer wrote:
>I know that GM has been using this black box for data collection since at
>least halfway through 1999. The was a news story on Dateline about a
drunken
>driver striking a woman and her toddler as they were crossing a busy
>intersection. They used the black box to gather speed and braking
>information.

I am sure that they started this "Black Box" stuff before that.  During
training about installing air bags in pickup trucks - the instructor
mentioned that the control unit kept a number (I think it may have been 3 or
5) of crashes in memory - including dash readout at impact.  That was around
1993 or so.  Maybe they learned from Audi's UA "problem" - two sensors - one
on the brake and one on the gas - might have refuted all that hysteria.
(And my friends wonder why I think The Insider is such a great movie - hey
everybody!  Ethics for sale!)
Cheers!
Steve