WASHINGTON—Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday proposed long-delayed regulations requiring auto manufacturers to include event data recorders—better known as "black boxes"—in all new cars and light trucks beginning Sept. 1, 2014.
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They've been in cars for years
Twiggy 23 weeks 3 days 3 hours 36 min ago
If you have purchased a car within the past 20yrs or more then you already have a black box. When cars went from carburators to electronic fuel injection they had to put computers in the cars to control timing and other functions. This "black box" records speeds, braking, hours driven, time spent idling etc...