Welcome to the precursor to OBD-III. They've been planning this for some time, and in fact some Corvettes already have this little "black box" in them. Eventually, it seems the citation for an accident will be done with a scan tool!
My advice: pack a hammer next to the box, just in case of emergencies.
Okay, that last point was just a joke, but I'm pretty sure someone will come up with a fix for it sooner or later. Mebbe one of the custom chip/programming speed shops???