These are not new.
65% of the automobiles sold in the US since 2005 already have some form of this device. For nearly 10 years, over 80% of the commercial vehicles on the road have event data recorders which are much broader in scope and information gathering (monitoring and recording not only the few seconds before and after an airbag is deployed, but also things like shift points, engine load, fuel consumption, brake use, etc).
If you drive a 2005 or new Toyota, Chrysler, Ford or General Motors vehicle chances are you already have a device that monitors not only engine functions but also vehicle dynamics a few seconds before and after a crash.
The source (the Examiner), is a bit inflammatory and not entirely accurate and it's reputation for the truth is questionable. A hint to their fictionalization of this issue is citing law enforcement using data stored on driver's Tom Toms (if you have and use one, you know this is B.S.). Also note the accompanying legitimizing photograph is of a 2005 Envoy airbag control unit... Am I the only one that noticed?
Before you screw on your Tin Hats any more tightly... Read:
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...110529905/1249
A 2008 NHSTA regulation requires all vehicles with event data recorders to be able to capture 15 types of data, such as the vehicle's speed at impact and whether the driver applied the brakes before a crash, by the 2013 model year .
In light of Toyota's safety recalls last year, a bill was proposed in Congress that would have, among other things, required all vehicles sold in the United States to have event data recorders by the 2015 model year ....
Congress never voted on the bill.
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