I was listening to news report about the Tiger Woods car crash in California this morning and I learned something very interesting. The police representative conducting the press conference mentioned that the Black Box in Woods vehicle had been recovered and had indicated that vehicle had actually accelerated just prior to impact.
I thought to myself 'accelerated, that's odd'. Then a red light went off my head.
Black box? You mean like the kind of recording device that passenger jets have?
Yes, that's exactly the kind of 'Black Box' we are talking about. You are probably unaware that there is a device in your car that has recording every move you make behind the wheel. And that's not just all it's keeping tabs on. Is your seatbelt on? The box knows the answer. Did you turn on the radio? It knows that to.
Here is an excerpt from a really informative article in Forbes:
Odds are your vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Recorder, also known as a vehicle black box. And, your local police department is now fully equipped to retrieve and analyze the black box data and use it against you in court.As of May 2018, almost all common US vehicles come standard with a black box installed. That means that every time you get behind the wheel, every button you press and every maneuver you make is being recorded. The data is stored in the black box to be readily accessible after collisions, such as seatbelt closure, brake usage, blinker usage, travel speed, etc. All of this information, once retrieved, will either corroborate or contradict your account of what happened. If you’re lucky, your story is bolstered, if not, your credibility is shot. If you wanted to remain silent and limit the evidence the government can use against you in a criminal prosecution, you’re out of luck when your car’s black box does the talking for you.
In civil litigation, this data will help to determine the course of events and may help to determine which vehicle was responsible for the collision. In criminal investigations, the black box may incriminate or exculpate the accused.
Around since the 90s, black boxes were mostly used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to gather statistical data, but not in court. It the last few of years, local police slowly began using black boxes in criminal cases.
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Yes my friend your car is spying on you and is more than willing to throw you under the bus in court.
One little tidbit that you may have glossed over from that article is the fact that the NHTSA has been collecting data on your driving habits since the 90s without you knowing it. That should freak you out a bit.
I wonder what else is spying on me?
The answer ... everything.
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