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Have an M&M you long necked critter thing. We'll let the Earth Germs finish you off. If that don't work, I got this rope, a sturdy bumper and my pick of two interstate highways really close. You can try to phone home when we get to Cleveland.

As someone else said this is nothing new. All modern cars that have an ECU will record a lot of the data that they want to measure. My car made in 2010 while not having anything more advanced than ABS (no ESP or TC) has a page in the manual that says the ECU will record various data that can be looked at in the event of an accident. So that will be speed, revs, gear, brake status etc. in fact I'm going to get an OBD reader which I can connect via wifi to my phone or laptop to see exactly what my engine is doing.