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Vehicle blackboxes go high-tech

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Vehicle blackboxes go high-tech

Vehicle data recorders are designed to store information about acceleration, speed, and mechanical faults inside your car and over 60% of 2005 year models in the US are currently fitted with this type of device. Now, a Korean company is developing black boxes that also store images just before and after an accident. This is done through the use of a side-mirror mounted camera that takes photos at 20 frames per second. The device stores 14 seconds before the crash, and 6 seconds after, filling in the blanks that traditional vehicle blackboxes can’t provide.

PLK, a division of Hyundai and Kia, offers a similar device as an after-market accessory, but this one also acts as a lane departure warning system. With the cost of blackboxes expected to plummet, it won’t be long before governments start mandating for their inclusion in all cars sold around the world.

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By HECTOR Posted: 1/3/2007 5:35pm PST

Good! Someone please let me know which cars will boast this latest technology so I steer clear of them.

I am 100% behind any technology that makes motoring safer. I am 100% any technology that will be used against me in a court of law or used to deny me insurance benefits.

In the USA there's a thing called the Fifth Amendmend which guarantees that I won't have to testify against myself. I think it's very reasonable to say that my car, being my property, shouldn't be made to testify against me either.

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