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Subj: Car computers.
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Maybe the very latest car computers can give such information but I doubt
it very much. There are two computers in my car, one designed to handle
the system when the car is running on petrol and the other for gas. They
do not record anything that I know of.
However I did read somewhere recently that some group was concerned at the
number of fatal accidents and suggested that cars be fitted with a black
box like that in aircraft. Maybe this was the report Dave ws referring to.
Personally I can't see the use for such as this. The speed of a vehicle
can be judged from skid marks and other signs, and cars do not fall from
the sky s do aircraft at times... I think the matter did not receive
support and I have heard nothing since.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
>It will probably fire David up but I seem to recall some publicity a
while
>ago here in OZ where there were court wrangles over the use of ordinary,
>car computer, information recovered from cars involved in fatal
accidents.
>Apparently there is enough information to at least recover the vehicle
>speed at the time of the accident. I don't know if it's true, not being a
>car computer expert.
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