Does Your Car Have A Black Box?

Does Your Car Have A Black Box (EDR)?

When a traffic crash reconstructionist wanted to know the speed of a car in the seconds before it crashed into the side of a school bus, he found that information, and more, in the car's Event Data Recorder (EDR), a feature quickly becoming standard on all cars. The recorder, a four-inch square metal box, is currently installed in most recent GM vehicles and select 2000 and later Ford vehicles.

Does your car have one? Go here and find out. There's Ford cars from 2001 - 2007; and GM cars from 1994 - 2007.

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I just found out that both our cars are equipped with these EDRs. Doesn't it just suck that it was done surreptitiously years ago and only became public last year?

Does Your Car Have A Black Box?