[krober]

"While the primary function of the black box devices would be to record and transmit data that could be used to assist a driver and passengers in the event of an accident..."

I'm not even convinced the primary use case is helpful. Most people have cell phones nowadays, and sometimes systems like OnStar. Furthermore, who is going to handle the data (storage, responses, etc.)? How much money are we going to spend on this? Scary monitoring implications aside, this seems like a terrible idea.