I predict these things will become defacto mandatory. If you don't agree to use one, car insurance will be unaffordable. And courts will start to subpoena the data from the black boxed as soon ass they are in use.

Don't some car rental outfits already put a version of these in their cars? As I recall, they're hooked up to GSP so the company can see not only your speed, etc, but where you were driving. What Patriot Who Has Nothing To Hide could refuse?

Edited by author 03-13-2003 02:00 PM
my mother-in-law works for a small-town judge in central michigan,
and they recently had a case where a young kid t-boned an 85-year
old who ran a stopsign. the DA is all over this case, to prosecute the
kid, based on the speed-history _already_ stored in some sort of
black box in his personal truck (i don't know what brand truck.)
the black box exists _today_! and they're already
trying to integrate it into the legal system.

scary.