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Old 12-01-2004, 04:07 PM   #4
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Default Re: one step closer to 1984

I'm not sure this technology is really so threatening as it is only used in the event of an accident and is not fool-proof, as prosecuters and police admit. It could go either way. Of course, if you regularly speed and have an accident it could nail you, as it did to the old man mentioned in the article who was doing 85 mph when he rear-ended another car. He killed a man and injured two others due to his stupidity and negligence. I can't excuse that. That the black box was able to give validation to what an accident investigator could have proven is a good thing. I don't see that as anything but justice.

If you click the link at the bottom of the article it gives you a pdf that lists the cars using the 'black box'. It's all GM and Ford vehicles but Ford does not include the Mustang...yet.

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