Book Explores Controversial Debate on Automotive Black Boxes; Important Topic as NHTSA Issues Rulemaking

U.S. Newswire, August, 2006

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Aug 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With more than 1.2 million people dying in motor vehicle crashes annually and an estimated 2.4 million road traffic fatalities expected by the year 2020, a forthcoming final rulemaking regarding "automotive black boxes" by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is a significant benchmark in an effort to reduce the staggering number of traffic related fatalities and injuries worldwide that occur each year. The rulemaking defines Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorders (MVEDR), an on-board technology capable of monitoring, recording, displaying, storing, or transmitting pre-crash, crash, and post-crash data. These technologies have caused considerable international controversy.

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