Abstract: Most cars sold in the United States (US) come with an event data recorder (EDR), a “black box” that, like commercial airplanes, records data from crash or near-crash accidents situations. The idea of equipping every motor vehicle with a device that could record several data points about a vehicle's operation immediately before and during an accident. A US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report published in the mid-1970s had already concluded that national motor vehicle crash databases at the time were inadequate to resolve the uncertainties of current and proposed federal motor vehicle safety programs. The process of ensuring that all cars and light trucks sold in the US were EDR-equipped was jump started in December 2012 when the national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require EDRs to be installed in all passenger vehicles manufactured for sale in the US.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-03-06
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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