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You know there are Black Boxes in Airplanes but did you know your car most likely has one too. Most automobiles built after 1996 have one. See what they are for and how they affect discount auto insurance rates.
A black box, also known as the Event Data Recorder (EDR) for short, records all of the
data during the flight of an aircraft, such as air speed,altitude, and sound and voice
transmissions. Typically, black boxes are anything but black. They are usually a vibrant
color, which makes them easier to discover in the plane debris following a crash.
Almost everyone knows that airplanes have a black box. What you may not know, however, is
that your vehicle might also have one. This box, which is about the size of a box of
baking soda, is installed in about 70 percent of all new automobiles. It is unnoticeable
and usually sits under your seat or dashboard, and it is automatically turned on when your
automobile's airbags are set off.
The event data recorders, only record information in the seconds leading up to and after
it realizes your airbags are about to go off. The following information is recorded by the
EDR:
Engine speed
Vehicle speed
Throttle Position
Brake Status
If the passenger's airbag is on or off
If the driver's seat belt is off or on
If the IR Warning Light is car impact to airbag deployment
Ignition cycle count at investigation
Ignition cycle count at time of the crash
Maximum velocity before deployment
Velocity vs. time for frontal airbag deployment
Time from car impact to time of maximum velocity
Time between the air bags about to deploy and deployment if it is within five seconds
Insurance Companies use this information to help assess accident data and configure auto
insurance prices. Police officers also use the data gathered by the box to reconstruct
what happened leading up to the accident.
General Motors has installed black boxes in their cars since 1999, and several other
automobile manufacturers have been installing them since 1996. Accident investigators,
insurers, law enforcement and government investigators say such information is invaluable
to learning how to build safer cars. Privacy advocates say EDRs are a way to obtain data
that can be used to incriminate drivers.
Starting in 2011, auto manufactures will be required to let consumers know if their new
vehicle has an event data recorder, or "black box". Vehicle makers have been
somewhat less than forthcoming about information on the devices, so this is good news.
There are other devises available to install on your car to help you receive Discount Auto
Insurance. Progressive Insurance and IVOX Corporation have made devises that monitor your
driving habits at all times. So if you install one of these monitors, make sure when
getting Free Insurance Quotes to inform your agent so he can add on the additional
discount for you. Joseph
Welusz www.buzzle.com/articles/tiny-black-box-in-your-car-affects-discount-auto-insurance-rates.html
"To Achieve World
Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism,
their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization
"A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to
believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a
reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the Police
State Dictatorship it's going to
get." Ian Williams Goddard
The fact is that "political correctness" is all about creating uniformity. Individualism is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of the New World Order. They want a public that is predictable and conditioned to do as it's told without asking questions.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson