U.S. to propose mandatory vehicle 'black boxes'

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by magic452

The data would have to be stored in the black box itself, only the police can have accesses to it and record only the last 10 or 15 minutes. It would than become part of the police accident report and public record.

That would be ok by me. With all the anti skid brakes it's much harder to get a accurate vehicle speed to help determine fault, no skid marks to measure as per gimpy's post

Magic

I have an 07 and I don't have anti skid

[magic452]

Some do and some don't.

I have a 92 that does, an 05 that doesn't and an 07 that does.
It's kind of a hit or miss type thing but most 07 and above I think have anti skid at least as an option.

Magic

[Stealhead]

I think it is a good idea so long it has some limitations as others have mentioned.I think though that if certain data is found the police should be able to look farther back to show that the person was/is a dangerous driver.


I was surprised to read that ABS(anti-lock,anti-skid) was not required until 2010 in the US.ABS is one of those things that does make cars safer but people but much false faith in them you still need to be a good driver.

I think the idea of safer cars is a good idea Anthony you see in Germany getting a "full blown" drivers is much harder than in the US.They teach you how to drive what to do when something goes wrong and they teach you the laws of the road.I had to take a special DOD German drivers test(written) when I was stationed in Germany it was much harder than any American drivers test (written or other wise) that being said in Germany even though the drivers are much better trained due to the higher speeds driven accidents tend to be fatal much more often so just because people receive better training it does not mean things are safer.The higher the speed gets the more deadly an accident becomes.

A line of reason must be drawn when it comes to driving because in the US many Americans need to be able to drive to get to work.The best cure training wise would be to extend the learners permit so that you must be 18 before you can test to get your full license(or have had a learners for 3 years) They should set rules for different levels of driving.For example after having a learners for so long and you get higher level privileges.After you meet given requirements you can then take a practical and written test to get your full license which would allow you to go max speed (70-75 MPH) and drive on any type of road and have no hours restrictions.Also if you did not need to drive on higher speed roads at all or very little you could opt for a lesser drivers they could require that you place a sticker on your ride so the police could know the type of license you had.

Then for higher performance rides you must first have the full drivers and take an additional practical drivers course training you how to drive the high power car safely (you'd still be limited to traffic laws)

I think you need all three to make roads safer,Black Boxes,better driver training and inspections to some extent. Of course here in Florida there are lots of people who drive and do not even have a license so I'm sure they do this in every state so even if you make rules some people will not follow them.

[Growler]

I'm curious as to whether there's any kind of impact sensor in this package; it's interesting to me, insofar as I only have an estimate from an investigating LEO as to the speed of the truck that hit me in 07. I know that my smaller, lighter truck was stopped, but we could only estimate the speed that the heavier truck that hit me was travelling. Curiosity's sake, at this point, but I can imagine where the data would have been useful to the insurance company and the lawyers, as well as the police, if any citations were (or should have been) issued.