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U.S. to propose mandatory vehicle 'black boxes'
David Shepardson/ Detroit News Washington Bureau

The U.S. Transportation Department said today it will propose making vehicle "black boxes" mandatory in all vehicles by the end of the year.
The department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has long considered whether to make black boxes, officially called event data recorders, or EDRs, mandatory. They collect data about the seconds leading up to a crash and can help investigators determine the cause.
Last year, Congress considered requiring EDRs in all vehicles. NHTSA Administrator David Strickland told Congress the agency was studying the issue.
The plan was included in a 197-page Transportation Department regulatory reform proposal released by the White House this morning.
"NHTSA plans to propose mandatory EDRs in all passenger vehicles in 2011," the Transportation Department said in the report.
In a separate agency document posted on its website, NHTSA said it is also working on a proposal "for future enhancements to (EDRs) capabilities and applicability..................>>>>...............>>>>............"From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110526/AUTO01/105260436/U.S.-to-propose-mandatory-vehicle-‘black-boxes’#ixzz1NYGTvt8h

I haven't seen anything about what they plan for older model cars that are already on the road - will they be forced to pay out of pocket to buy one of these boxes?

For instance, there are still many pre-2000 era cars on the road.

Anyone hear anything yet?

that's why we have NO FAULT insurance.....it's ANOTHER LAYER....there will be government subsidies for this crap and not a damn thing to save the 40,000/sum
lives......that doesn't include those that live in wheelchairs fed by tubes.....