Black boxes, also known as event data recorders, are used in an estimated 90 percent of cars made today. This information is not available to third parties.<\/p>\n
For now, the information in these black boxes is not voluntarily available to plaintiffs and defendants or insurance companies. However, this is about to change in 2013. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will mandate that all vehicles with a black box must record the same data in the same format by 2013, and there has to be a tool available to access this data.<\/p>\n
Event data recorders have been around a long time. In fact, since the 1970s they have been used in airplane crash investigations. These boxes provide all sorts of critical information that will help investigators, and soon lawyers, get the kind of information they need for a lawsuit. <\/p>\n
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