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March 12, 2005
The Black Box in Your Car
Courts are starting to allow black box data from cars when it's available. Legislatures are starting to require manufacturers to let consumers know about the devices.
Various estimates show that 15 percent of the 270 million cars on the road in the United States today contain some type of data-recording device. Roughly 65 percent of the 16.7 million new cars sold in the United States during 2004 were equipped with them, said Kevin Mixer, an analyst with Boston-based market research company AMR Research.
That means the number of black boxes on U.S. roads will rise significantly as newer models are sold. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in its announcement last June recommended that manufacturers install the devices in all vehicles beginning in September 2008, though automakers are not required to do so.
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Posted on March 12, 2005 12:46 AM by Car Te23.
Filed in Fast Cars under car technology & development.
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