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New Law To Require 'Black Boxes' In All Cars
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Posted on 04/21/2012 8:21:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

New Law To Require 'Black Boxes' In All Cars

New Law Mandates Black Boxes In All Cars By 2015

By Bailey Johnson

A recently passed bill will require all cars to come equipped with "black boxes" that record vehicle data. These Event Data Recorders (EDR), similar to their airplane counterparts, will record data such as speed, brake force and electrical systems monitoring. The days of a car crash being one driver's word against another look to be history.

Senate Bill 1813 (known as Map-21) mandates that automakers install EDRs in all new vehicles starting in 2015.

(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; blackbox; blackboxes; cars
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Buzz off..........Who pays for it?
1 posted on 04/21/2012 8:21:45 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

That’s racist.


2 posted on 04/21/2012 8:22:43 AM PDT by TheZMan (Obama is without a doubt the worst President ever elected to these United States)
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To: Sub-Driver

Black Boxes?......racist swine.


3 posted on 04/21/2012 8:23:31 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Sub-Driver

I thought most cars already have this “feature”.


4 posted on 04/21/2012 8:24:37 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Sub-Driver

Someone at Fox needs to watch Schoolhouse Rock to learn the difference between a Senate Bill and a law.


5 posted on 04/21/2012 8:24:53 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Sub-Driver

Stock up on ammo..., and old Datsuns....


6 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:04 AM PDT by freebilly
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To: Sub-Driver
Another communists effort to place us in the box of slavery to the State. Wait until we get the toilet monitors to automatic record the size of a dump and charge accordingly. Better diet, things like this are on the way.
7 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:04 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: TheZMan

Sexist too.


8 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:10 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Sub-Driver

BB = Black Box
BB = Big Brother

Coincidence?


9 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:37 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emperor has no pedigree.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; traviskicks; bamahead

Libertarian ping


10 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:46 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (A liberal's compassion is limited to the size of other peoples' paychecks)
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To: Sub-Driver

Eventually they’ll be required in all cars, old and new, and non-transmitting cars will be subjected to being pulled over by the police.


11 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:58 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Paladin2

Ha, Ha, good one.


12 posted on 04/21/2012 8:27:49 AM PDT by HighWheeler
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To: Sub-Driver

Once again, the commie pigs are making Americans have to pay for something that they don’t want. I guess if you’re a greedy politician and this “black box” maker is in your district, it’s a good thing.


13 posted on 04/21/2012 8:28:33 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for the 47% to start paying their "fair share" of income taxes.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Sounds great!!! NOT!!! Now the government can tax you for how many miles you drive, tax you for where you have been, tax you for those moments when you exceed speed limits, and a whole host of other BIG BROTHER activities!!!


14 posted on 04/21/2012 8:29:36 AM PDT by Colonial Warrior (Help us OB/GYN! You are our only hope!)
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To: Paladin2

Well played.


15 posted on 04/21/2012 8:30:16 AM PDT by TheZMan (Obama is without a doubt the worst President ever elected to these United States)
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To: Sub-Driver

Buzz off..........Who pays for it?
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Most newer cars already do this ,, simply buffers the data in the drivetrain and ABS computers ... the cost is minimal as memory (and that’s all we’re really talking about is a slightly larger non-volatile memory chip) is cheap..

someone’s going to make money “fixing” these...


16 posted on 04/21/2012 8:30:53 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: Sub-Driver

Guess I better start saving my pennies for the last new car I’ll ever buy...a 2014 something or other (not a GM/FIAT/CHRYSLER though).


17 posted on 04/21/2012 8:31:50 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Colonial Warrior

This has been in the works for a long, long time. I began writing my elected officials about this about 10 years ago. This not only paves the way for more government control and taxes, but its lawyer friendly too!

Insurance companies and lawyers will now have much stronger cases to assess blame.


18 posted on 04/21/2012 8:32:04 AM PDT by RacerXSpeedRacer (Conservative principals and values - pray for our future.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The of course there are “malfunctions” common to every device on a modern automobile. I suspect that would be happening to mine all the time.


19 posted on 04/21/2012 8:33:12 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s been in the works for years.
Insurance companies are all for it.
In a way it makes sense *if* one thinks of driving as a privilege, not a right. The reasoning goes ‘why should cars be subject to less tracking than airplanes?’
heck, a camera at each corner, accelerometer and other data, a 2 minute loop recording the data that stops looping in case of an accident and thus has the last, but only the last two minutes of info...


20 posted on 04/21/2012 8:33:39 AM PDT by RedStateRocker
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