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Thread ID: 136083 2014-01-17 22:53:00 Black Box Will Be Mandatory In New Cars By September 2014 kingdragonfly (309) PC World Chat
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1365415 2014-01-22 07:56:00 cool concept but also has many many many downfalls... BinaryLimited (17204)
1365416 2014-01-22 23:22:00 Just like my playsations that I got chipped these units will will have a bypass unit invented by a clever bugger in NZ and available on TM. prefect (6291)
1365417 2014-01-24 05:28:00 Responsible, honest law abiding drivers have no reason to fear these devices. Any attempt to cripple them speaks fairly loudly about the habits of one or more of the vehicles users.

Nothing wrong with the truth being known when some silly bugger has caused injury or damage.

Frankly, these data collection features should also be 'Read Enabled' for the owners so that they can analyse how other family members are behaving in the vehicle.

Lets see, 16 year old son, out at night with the car. Rev counter repeatedly goes rapidly from 1K to 7K = Last time the son gets to borrow the car.
Wheel speed goes from zero to 50, to 10, back to 50. Wheelspins = Last time the son gets to borrow the car.
Wheel speed goes from 50 to zero repeatedly - lockups. = Last time the son gets to borrow the car.
Son tries to see if the car really can go from 0 to 100 in 10 seconds or less = Last time the son gets to borrow the car.
Sustained 5000RPM in second gear = Last time the son gets to borrow the car.
Blank data recorder when car returned = Last time the son gets to borrow the car.

3 or more of the above offences, and Son had better call himself an ambulance, coz he'll be hurting from some discipline.
Paul.Cov (425)
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