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Congress, Auto Makers Closer to Black Boxes in Cars

By Edward Bills

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It appears that in the next few years, cars will be equipped with black boxes, much like in airplanes, that can record data during a crash. The debate now, between Congress and safety groups, is how much and what type of data these boxes should record. Lawmakers and automakers are struggling to agree on how durable the boxes should be as well, with automakers balking at the idea of an extremely expensive piece of equipment being required in all vehicles. One proposal suggests that the boxes be able to withstand a rollover crash as well as fire and water immersion, and record 60 second before a crash and 15 seconds after.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).

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