[s-cars] Off the wall questions

[Pasqualoni, James E]

Yep, GM puts them in most if not all of their new cars.  

Bob-below is a link to a book called Fatal Exit that addresses the
issue.

HTH,
Jim

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471698075.html 

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kent McLean
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Off the wall questions

Robert Myers wrote:
> I've been hearing rumors of Big Brother mandating automobile black 
> boxes to record recent operating parameters for cars.  Smokey could 
> stop you, plug his OBDII gadget (or remote reading device or
> whatever) into your car and get a readout of your speed (or whatever) 
> for the last hour and then start writing.

IANAL, but I'll give you my 2 cents.  There is already a case in court
where the prosecutor used data from a GM car (Cadiallac?).
I think it was On-Star equipped, which may mean it captures more data.
Busted for an accident they caused when the driver said, "I was going X"
and the black box showed they were going "Y".

The future of a tall-tale black box is (I believe) currently in the
legislature. I'm sure it'll pass as a "we're just using it to collect
accident data", then once the boxes are in place, the law will be
amended to "we can use the data we collected."

And if that is the case, wiping the data before the police can get to it
may be looked upon as tampering with evidence.

So, keep your old S-cars, and keep them well maintained.

--
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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