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by comrh 3913 days ago
I'm pretty sure new cars are storing this information anyway.
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dsfyu404ed 3913 days ago
Insurance companies will need to jump though hoops to access that data in a fender bender where you still have possession of the vehicle. If you provide it (in a dash cam video that's evidence that you shouldn't pay) you're giving them an opportunity to deny the claim right there. There's also a lot of cases where traffic is doing 20-over and 20-25 over is criminal in most states
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jessaustin 3913 days ago
If you have Progressive Snapshot or a similar device, that's storing driving data, but which cars do so by themselves?
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bri3d 3913 days ago
Almost all modern cars have an Event Data Recorder as part of the SRS/Airbag system which records snapshot data in the event of a deployment. Here are some NHTSA standards for EDR storage:

http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Rulemaking/Rules/Associated%2...

Here's a list of vehicles supported by one consultant's forensics software:

http://www.rimkus.com/uploads/pdfs/Event_Data_Recorder.pdf

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