"Black box" used in SD Representative's traffic accident investigation

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Subject: "Black box" used in SD Representative's traffic accident
>         investigation
> From: Scott Alexander <salex () dsl cis upenn edu>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
>
>
> Perhaps I've just missed it, but this is the first time I've seen
> explicit mention of the "black box" from a car being used in an accident
> investigation.  When these first appeared, I recall the privacy warnings
> that this would happen, and clearly those warnings were correct.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/08/19/janklow.accident.ap/index.html
>
> 'Talbot said Janklow's 1995 Cadillac has a black box, which records
> information such as how fast the car was going and whether the brakes
> were applied.'
>
> '"We've recovered that and that's going to be analyzed to see if any
> information can be derived from that," Talbot said.'
>
> Scott
> --
> Scott Alexander <salex () dsl cis upenn edu>

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