Iaca aici: http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/03/black-box-101-how-event-data-recorders-edrs-work.html
They typically record information such as vehicle speed, throttle position, air bag deployment, whether brakes were applied, and if the driver was wearing a safety belt.
Masinile GM cu OnStar monitorizeaza si viteza + altitudinea, deci ... GPS.
I te
s
t-drive new car
s
each wee
k
to review them for my wee
k
ly car column. Part of my te
s
t drive include
s
running the car at a good clip
“
up the mountain
”
–
a
s
erie
s
of
S
turn
s
that ta
k
e
s
you up about 1,600 feet in elevation over the cour
s
e of about two mile
s
. One wee
k
not too long ago I wa
s
te
s
ting a GM vehicle. I too
k
it up the mountain at a good clip
–
fa
s
ter than the po
s
ted
s
peed limit, to be
s
ure. Thi
s
apparently alarmed On
S
tar becau
s
e a
s
I reached the final curve and
s
traightened the car out, all of a
s
udden the
s
tereo cut out and a loud female voice replaced Van Halen:
“
Are you in need of EM
S
?
”
Thi
s
s
tartled me for a moment. Then I realized what had happened. The creepy On
S
tar unit wa
s
triggered by my
s
peed (and the rapid change in altitude). It a
s
s
umed I had wrec
k
ed the car- even though I promi
s
e all four wheel
s
never left the pavement and were entirely under my control at all time
s
. And it decided I needed
“
help.
”
I didn
’
t,
s
o than
k
ed the operator for her concern but noted to my
s
elf that here wa
s
proof po
s
itive that On
S
tar i
s
Watching You.
I didn
’
t a
s
k
to be watched. I don
’
t want to be watched. But the vehicular voyeur
s
at On
S
tar aren
’
t intere
s
ted in what I want. Or what you want.