"Vehicles' black boxes tell tales behind suburban accidents"

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"Vehicles' black boxes tell tales behind suburban accidents"

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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 speed just before impact was captured by what's commonly known as an event data recorder, or EDR. The devices are similar to so-called “black boxes” found on commercial airliners and come standard in most passenger cars and light vehicles manufactured today.

“We got a search warrant for it and obtained the data inside,” Naperville Police Sgt. Gregg Bell said.

The case highlights a changing landscape for both drivers and law enforcement, as investigators turn more frequently to EDRs for raw data to reconstruct accidents... Continued ...
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2012 ... 702289937/
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