Each year hundreds of thousands of people are killed on American roads. These vehicle
accidents are handled by accident reconstruction experts. There are several methods
in determining the proximate cause(s) of these accidents. Unlike, the aircraft “Black
Box,” The Event Data Recorder - Auto Black Box does not have the same capability
for detailed data, for which some of these experts are using the Event Data Recorder
- Auto Black Box to solely investigate these accidents.
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.
In Title (I) - Sec. 107 Vehicle Event Data Recorders, which stated " (a) MANDATORY
EVENT DATA RECORDERS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall require that all passenger vehicles be equipped with an
event data recorder that
meets the requirements for such recorders established in part 563 of title 49, Code
of Federal Regulations. The Secretary shall require compliance with such requirement
for all passenger vehicles manufactured in the first model year that is 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Revised Requirements For Event Data Recorders.—The
Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding requiring that the event data recorders
required to be installed in passenger vehicles pursuant to subsection (a)— (1) be
temperature, water, crash, and tamper resistant; and (2) continuously record vehicle
operational data that can be accessed for retrieval and analysis in accordance with
subsections (c) and (d). (c) SPECIFICATIONS.—The rule - (1) shall require such recorders
to record, for a reasonable time before, during, and after a crash or airbag deployment,
information that includes engine performance, steering, braking, acceleration, vehicle
speed, seat belt use, and airbag deployment level, deactivation status, deployment
time, and deployment stage, and may require such recorders to record other data,
such as data related to vehicle rollovers, as the Secretary considers appropriate;
(2) shall require such recorders to record data for at least 60 seconds prior to,
and 15 seconds after, a crash or airbag deployment; (3) may require such recorders
to capture certain events such as rapid deceleration, full-throttle acceleration
lasting more than 15 seconds, and full braking lasting more than 10 seconds, even
if there is not a crash or airbag deployment; (4) may not require information recorded
or transmitted by such data recorders to include the vehicle’s location; shall require
that data stored on such recorders be accessible, regardless of vehicle manufacturer
or model, with commercially available equipment; and (6) shall specify data format
requirements and other requirements, and shall require an interoperable data access
port to facilitate universal accessibility and analysis. (d) LIMITATIONS ON INFORMATION
RETRIEVAL.— (1) OWNERSHIP OF DATA.—The rule issued under subsection (b) shall provide
that any data in a data recorder required under the rule is the property of the owner
or lessee of the motor vehicle in which the data recorder is installed. (2) PRIVACY.—The
rule issued under sub16 section (b) shall provide that information recorded or transmitted
by such a data recorder may
