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Planning on buying a new car? Please say it isn't so....

wingnut1991
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June 6, 2011 5:23:02 PM PDT

http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/new-car-purchases-starting-june-will-have-a-mandatory-black-box-installed?fb_comment=33589026

And please say it won't somehow end up spying on us like the Smartphones.... Wish I had kept my old Bronco.
manywhoas
- 176 posts
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June 7, 2011 7:57:26 AM PDT

link's not valid
DickBoyd
- 774 posts
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June 7, 2011 8:38:55 AM PDT

Texas was experiencing a rash of fatal crashes in the new pick up trucks. To determine what was causing the crashes, safety experts installed recording devices to get information about speed, braking, what the driver was doing, including a voice recorder.

The most common last words were "you ain't gonna believe what this truck can do."
wingnut1991
- 264 posts
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June 7, 2011 4:34:18 PM PDT

Unfortunately, the website will not allow me to copy and paste the entire article--it keeps pasting in a comment to read the entire article, go to the link above. Here is the short version it did allow me to copy and paste:

Beginning in June of 2011, all new cars manufactured and sold in the United States will be required to have a mandated black box device installed, which can be used to monitor several different physical and technical data points.

On May 24th, a report on the new regulatations to be implemented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) next month expands the program that in February was just in a consideration phase.

The installation and use of these black boxes can have infinite possibilities for local, state, and federal governments to monitor and record data for a number of other revenue programs that are currently under consideration. In March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a proposal to institute a tax on mileage to help pay for the federal budget deficit. Additionally, local cities and counties can download information from these black boxes, and they can be used to issue driving citations after the fact in the case of speeding or not wearing a seat belt.
wingnut1991
- 264 posts
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June 7, 2011 4:35:57 PM PDT

Thank you, manywhoas, for letting me know there is a problem with the link.
upthechain
- 362 posts
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June 9, 2011 7:21:37 AM PDT

I thought the most common last words heard on those boxes was "Hold my beer and watch this."
CharlieSexton
- 610 posts
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June 9, 2011 8:48:29 PM PDT

The link works if you shorten it to the question mark.
http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/new-car-purchases-starting-june-will-have-a-mandatory-black-box-installed?
CharlieSexton
- 610 posts
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June 10, 2011 7:51:20 AM PDT

My link doesn't seem to work either but if you cut and paste my last link it works.