NHTSA Now Says Vehicle Black Box Data Can Be Accessed For "Research Purposes" Without Consent

The Obama administration's top auto safety regulator said automotive black boxes are essential to auto safety and said the government will protect motorists' privacy.

In a Detroit News interview, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland said he also opposed on/off switches that could allow motorists to turn off event data recorders, saying it would be a "horrible thing for safety."

Earlier this month, NHTSA proposed requiring all vehicles built after September 2014 to have event data recorders that capture information before and after a crash.

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Agent009 - 12/19/2012 3:40:20 PM

+1 Boost

“As government expands, liberty contracts.”