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Vehicle black box requirement may start with 2015 model year

GasBuddy Blog -- Motorists- beware. A U.S. Senate transportation bill (S. 1813) is currently being negotiated in the U.S. House and Senate, and the Senate recently inserted a provision in the bill that would mandate the use of black boxes in all vehicles starting with the 2015 model year.

While this may not mean much for some motorists, it's a sign of what's coming: more government insight into how you drive your vehicle. According to The Newspaper, "Under text of S. 1813, also known as MAP-21, the information stored on an event data recorder could be retrieved under a court order "in the furtherance of a legal proceeding," by employees of the Department of Transportation in the event of an accident, and by anyone "for the purpose of determining the...

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Submitted May 11, 2012 By: PD

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Buck_on_Bass Champion Author Tennessee Posts:7,704 Points:1,480,985 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 8:09:50 AM Ignore Buck_on_Bass Report Abuse News must be sparse. This have been around a while now. The legislation need more protections for the car owner and driver added.
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