Honda Black Box??

[PerryLynch]

Found this on the web this morning:

http://gizmodo.com/351477/drive-reco...-car-black-box

"Honda's Drive Recorder will detect impacts and save information for the 12 seconds before and 8 seconds afterwards, aircraft black-box-style: forward-view imagery, along with sound and data on speed and deceleration rates all get stored on an SD card in its main unit, ready to be uploaded to a PC...."

I don't know if this is a real option or aftermarket accessory in Japan, or if they celebrate April Fool's on February 1st. But it IS a cool idea

[Cochise111]

Originally Posted by PerryLynch

Found this on the web this morning:

http://gizmodo.com/351477/drive-reco...-car-black-box

"Honda's Drive Recorder will detect impacts and save information for the 12 seconds before and 8 seconds afterwards, aircraft black-box-style: forward-view imagery, along with sound and data on speed and deceleration rates all get stored on an SD card in its main unit, ready to be uploaded to a PC...."

I don't know if this is a real option or aftermarket accessory in Japan, or if they celebrate April Fool's on February 1st. But it IS a cool idea

Like it or not, that information is already stored on the main PCM, and is retrievable should you be in a disabling crash. Of course you must have Honda's diagnostic equipment. The information has already to be used to prosecute drivers following a serious crash that was their fault when they denied it.

[spun07RTX]

I call B.S.

[Webwader]

I call B.S.

On the ad or the fact that your RL already has one?

[schwejo]

its true for GM and Ford, dont see why not Honda. I think its pretty much standard practice these days. The question before the courts is who owns the data, the auto manu or the auto purchaser. Seems like there was a case where Toyota was made to supply the data to an owner.

[Pug]

Not b.s....

RTFM.

And in California... (check-out the paragraph above the "event data recorder" blurb).

[ssg]

Not a lie, and also not new. I had an accident in 98 in my Tacoma and they pulled the pigs brain for verification of speed at time of airbag deployment. Not sure if it was a sliding window, but they got it somehow.

[zroger73]

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!

[spun07RTX]

Originally Posted by Webwader

On the ad or the fact that your RL already has one?

on the ad.

"......forward view imagery, along with sound....."

they need to make back up cameras standard on all models first

[ericrwalker]

What? I don't need a camera to go backwards...and I back into everyspot I park.

I think the black box is a good idea.

Originally Posted by spun07RTX

on the ad.

"......forward view imagery, along with sound....."

they need to make back up cameras standard on all models first