Originally Posted by TINMAN080

The ''black boxes'' are NOT required by the government or insurance companies. General Motors was being sued by every person in the country when one of their cars was involved in any serious accident. The level of lawsuits were killing the company. GM opted to install these in their vehicles, and the resultant drop in court cases and losses caused the rest of the industry to follow suit. I do believe that all makers except Toyota are accessible to law enforcement by laptop. No government or insurance conspiracy here, don't forget to put on your tinfoil hats after reading.....

Originally Posted by Jamantste

Not yet. But they will certainly make it so by 2015. Already have legislation in the works... And of course it is in the name of public safety.

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