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The U.S. Senate just passed a bill requiring all new cars in America to come equipped with a black box-like data recording device starting in 2015, InfoWars reports. Similar to the tell-all black boxes on airplanes, event data recorders (EDR) record information about an automobile crash. If you bou...

Admissibility of 'black box' evidence at issue in aggravated-manslaughter case against actress SOMERVILLE — The wrecked Chevrolet Tahoe former “Melrose Place” actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer was driving on the night of June 27, 2010 can’t testify at her upcoming criminal trial for aggravated manslaugh...

For what it's worth, NHTSA states: Air bags are typically designed to deploy in frontal and near-frontal collisions, which are comparable to hitting a solid barrier at approximately 8 to 14 miles per hour (mph). They also go on to say: Roughly speaking, a 14 mph barrier collision is equivalent to st...

IEEE's (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) opinion on EDRs: (3 PAGES) http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/embedded-systems/the-automotive-black-box-data-dilemma "Now that your car records what you do behind the wheel, can you swear it to secrecy?" AFTER A CAR CRASH—like this...

NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - A Long Island judge has denied a bid by an attorney to withdraw from a lawsuit over unintended acceleration in a Toyota Motor Corp. vehicle. In denying the motion by plaintiff Maria Kerins' counsel, Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Stephen Bucaria said he had conce...

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There wasn't much left of a 2008 Dodge Charger after a crash on Ogden Avenue last month. But one piece of the rubble confirmed what Naperville police suspected: The car was traveling really fast. In fact, they say, it was doing 142 mph when it hit a curb and went airborne. Police said the driver's ...

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Can anyone advised what types of staged crashes will be at the ARC-CSI Conference? Like Mike said, were still working on the crash test plan for ARC CSI. What I can tell you is that we have been able to line up some great vehicles already. Im sure more information will be posted on here before too ...

Thanks for the comments. Anyone have any comments on the Mock Trial from yesterday? It seems that most people took advantage of this optional session.

I started a new topic in the CDR Summit index (front page of the forum). Everyone can discuss the conference as it continues.

http://crashforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=49

Hey all newcomers, I thought I would start a live thread during the Summit to see what you guys thought. Go ahead and start posting your thoughts about the presentations, demos, vendors, new information and even the lunch. This may help out the people that were not able to make it to Houston this ye...

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/06/01/black-boxes-common-cars/?test=faces Imagine driving down the interstate on your daily commute, minding your own business. In the lane next to you, a car starts swerving erratically and comes dangerously close to your own vehicle. You decide to reach fo...

Bob Anderson wrote:A drill bit set got mixed in with our stuff. So if you were involved in the crash vehicle preparation and you are missing a set of drill bits let me know.

Bob Anderson
Biomech@cox.net

Hey,

Is it a drill bit set or is it a self tapping screw hex socket?

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