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Originally Posted by andyl
If this happens we'll certainly have a lot more information on accident factors which will be interesting: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4299939.stm
"Black box data recorders could be installed in new cars as standard if a Europe-wide study gives them backing.
Police forces across the continent are looking at whether the aircraft-style technology could improve road safety.
The European Commission will use their research to decide if the devices could help in accident investigations.
They are able to record information, including speed and the rate of braking in cars, in the vital seconds leading up to a crash.
It is hoped accident investigators would be able to use the black box information to get a detailed picture of the circumstances surrounding a collision." |
And I'm sure government would bring in a proviso in any law enforcing their installation so allow police to access the stored information any time a driver is stopped. Sounds like a cool way to penalise drives retrospectively using recorded telemetry of your drive habbits for say the last 24 hours. Technology like this is far too open to abuse, to alloy police access unless there has been an accident. But seeing as this would become another money spinner for any government it will prolly be abused by them.