I read recently that 'vehicles' in the USA are to be equipped with 'black box recorders' (from a certain manufacturing date).
The context was a car driver who had driven on a closed circuit - wondering how he would explain the excessive speeds if he was stopped and checked.
I believe that most UK trucks have electronic digital recorders fitted now - do they retain the record indefinitely or do you have to download the data (to a memory card?) after a certain length of time?
Has anyone (US members) anything to add to my opening comment (ie is it true and for what classes of vehicles)?
There was a scheme in the UK where drivers could install a black box in return for lower insurance premiums (sometimes with limited hours when you could drive). If the technology exists, then maybe such devices might become standard for all vehicles in the UK?
This is from 1999:-
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-1111462.html
and this from 2008:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...st-driver.html
and 2009:-
http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/arti...ntid=149574431
2010:-
http://www.uswitch.com/news/insuranc...ders-19874886/
Oh - I've found
this:-
Quote:
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NHTSA set a time table for all vehicle manufacturers to be in compliance with the new EDR standards. The compliance date was originally set for all vehicles manufactured after September 1, 2010. NHTSA has since updated its ruling (49 CFR Part 563 Update) to give vehicle manufacturers until September 1, 2012 to be in compliance with the original ruling.
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From:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_d...ecorder_Ruling