Actually, they have been running a trial in Chevy 4x4's for a while now where the last 30 seconds of data recorded also include audio from the passenger compartment. In most of the US the last words before a crash are a violation this forum's profanity rules. However, in Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama they are 'Hey, hold my beer and watch this!'RX8er wrote:NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a nontrivial crash situation
occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no
personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However,
other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of
personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the
vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties,
such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information
if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
