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Lee Koo
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Will you be a better driver with Big Brother watching you?
Dear CNET members,
Event data recorders, or "black boxes," which are found in planes
and used to determine what went wrong in an airplane crash, plus record
data such as speed, brake force, and electrical systems monitoring,
will soon be installed in cars come 2015. Yup, you heard me
right, Big Brother is going to be riding right in your back seat
recording everything your car does with you behind the wheel. Believe
it or not, some cars are already equipped with these--the Department
of Transportation used those boxes to determine that Toyota was not
responsible for the so-called "unintended acceleration" accidents in 2009.
If you ask me how I feel about these black boxes, while I do have
concerns over my privacy, I do also think it can be useful, for instance
in the event of a car accident to prove which party is responsible, or
to determine exactly what happened. As long as the
information is used for those purposes and nothing else, then I think I'm
OK with it. But enough of what I think. Read CNET blog network author,
Liane Yvkoff's recent post: "Will you be a better driver with Big
Brother watching you?" and tell us how do you feel about EDR being in
your cars. Do you think it is to your benefit or is it an invasion of
privacy? Are there more cons than pros by having one of
these things in place? Will having a black box in your car make you
drive more cautiously and change your driving habits? Tell us your
thoughts.
Cheers!
-Lee
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