Each year hundreds of thousands of people are killed on American roads. These vehicle
accidents are handled by accident reconstruction experts. There are many true methods
in determining the proximate cause(s) of these accidents such as: physical evidence,
eye witness accounts and some investigators are using the auto black box or Event
Data Recorder - (EDR)" as a stand-alone device. Some various groups attempt to
draw parallel references to the airplane black box; this is the furthest thing from
the truth. Unlike, the airplane “Black Box,” which has the capability of recording
positioning, actual travel velocity (speed and direction), safety device(s) utilization,
mechanical issues, operating errors, time, date, as well as audio in the cockpit/compartment.
Safety Act Of 2010 (S.3302)
The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 (S.3302) - 111TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION, which
would have been an amendment to FMVSS Title 49, US Code. This act would have addressed
several issues concerning motor vehicle safety, they are as followed: Title - (I)
Vehicle Electronics And Safety Standards, (II) Enhanced Safety Authorities, (III)
Transparency and Accountability, (IV) Funding.**
Unfortunately , The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 (S.3302) never passed beyond
the House of Representatives. If this bill would have passed, it would have addressed
several issues concerning motor vehicle safety, including "Auto Black Box - Event
Data Recorder" regulations.
Proposed Final Ruling - 2011 -49 CFR Part 563
Starting September 2011 - 2012 or thereabout, The Department Of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing in their the final ruling,
that if the vehicle manufacturers installs the Automobile Black Box or Vehicle Event
Data Recorder, they must comply with the following summary: "(1) A minimum set
of data elements, (2) sensors (accelerometers) are required to be +/- 5%, (3) EDR
Data Retrieval commercially available tools/universal Interface, (4) VEDR Survivability
and Crash Test Performance Requirements EDR Survivability and Crash Test Performance
(5) Privacy Issues, (6) Owner's manual disclosure statements, (7) Requirements Applicability
of the VEDR Rule to Multi-stage Vehicles, (8) Applicability of the EDR Rule to Heavy
Vehicles and Buses (9) Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) and E-911, (10) Utilization
of certain engineering standards". **
