Technology Tools

Monday, September 9th, 2002 Technology

When the term black box is used, the first thing that often comes to mind is an aircraft’s flight data recorder. These devices are the focus of aircraft crash investigations because their recovery provides invaluable insight into the factors that contributed to the mishap. Today, there are numerous black box technologies, referred to as event data recorders, or EDRs, that also can provide significant information about what happened in a car crash. GM is the first manufacturer to allow the general public to access and retrieve EDR information from its vehicles through the use of the Vetronix Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) System. Ford is following suit with several of its more popular models.

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