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Re: Honda Black Box??
General Motors started "black boxing" crash data on airbag-equipped 1973 Impalas sold as government fleet vehicles. However, the 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado with the optional airbag marked the beginning of recording deployment data on a model available to the general public. With today's technology and the wide array of multiplexed sensors installed on vehicles, just about everything short of an audio/visual capture of the actual event can and is recorded.
The primary purpose of recording this information is so engineers can analyze real-world crash data in an effort to further improve driver safety. As far as I know, the data cannot legally be used as evidence at the present time. However, it makes great supporting evidence when a driver says he was "only going 35 MPH" when the vehicle was obviously smooshed up like an accordian and the black box recorded an 80ms deceleration from 100-0!
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07 Billet Silver RTLNAVI
Autodim mirror/compass, splash guards, chrome ROC sticker, white Apple logo
Purchased 7/21/07
16 MPG over 11,100 miles - mostly short trips in the city
Former daily drivers: 06 Accord, 99 Regal, 96 Ranger, 95 Probe, 94 Escort, 92 Grand Am, 91 Tempo, 86 Escort, 69 Skylark
Former toys: 96 S-10, 00 Cavalier, 96 Cougar, 93 Cougar, 84 Fiero, 71 Ford Truck
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