万花筒 2012-12-14&12-16 美国将要求所有私家车安装“黑匣子”
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The consequences of bad driving habits could potentially grow now that the Obama Administration has approved a plan to require so-called black boxes on all new cars sold in the U.S., just like those data recorders in planes that reveal the actions of pilots involved in accidents. The car versions will tell investigators1 what you were doing behind the wheel of your car. But privacy advocates worry about what else it may reveal. Here’s NBC’s Charles Hadlock.
At the Fort Worth
auto2 show today, buyers are checking out the latest models.
“I want to go really fast.”
“I want for Christmas.”
But shoppers of all new vehicles will soon get more than they bargained for, a data recorder watching a driver’s every move.
Beginning in September of 2014, every new vehicle sold in the U.S. will be required to have a so-called black box. The boxes record the last few seconds before a crash, providing such clues as vehicle speeds,
steering3, whether the brakes were
applied4 and if the driver was wearing a seat belt.
“If you are guilty of something, it’s going to hurt you. If you’re innocent of something, it could be a real
defense5 for you.”
The insurance industry supports the move. Even though most drivers are
unaware6 that 96% of cars sold today already have data records installed.
“People are dying on the freeways, and these people are trying to make it so that
doesn’t happen. That’s a good thing.”
But privacy advocates say the government and automakers are traveling toward a slippery slope by spreading an
intrusive7 technology without the policy in place to prevent the
misuse8 of information.
“The two concerns that we have of this technology are, No.1 that these black boxes should belong to the owner and the data on them shouldn’t be available to the police or anybody else without a warrant. And No. 2 that people are aware that these are in their cars.”
Information collected from data recorders is already showing up in
lawsuits9 and some high-profile accidents like the one in 2007 involving former New
Jersey10 Governor Jon Corzine. The data recorder showed Corzine was not wearing a seat belt. And the SUV a state trooper was driving was going 91 miles an hour, well above the speed limit.
It's a new
mandated11 feature to be debated far beyond the showroom. Charles Hadlock, NBC New, Fort Worth.
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