by Ken W2KB
>>>, the trucking industry has successfully fought off any legislation to equip tractor trailer trucks from the requirement of event recorders.<<< [quoted from the lead article]
While I can't say as to over the road trucks, in a conversation about a year ago with a police investigator certified in car accident analysis, he mentioned to me that for the past few years, the car computer (the device that controls the engine, emissions, etc.) is also an event recorder. In the investigation of an accident with a fatality or serious injury, the police are able to download the last several several seconds (or minute??) of data such as brake applied or off, engine rpm, ABS operating, speed (including rate of change), throttle (gas pedal) position, etc. Interesting comparison to the RR article.
While I can't say as to over the road trucks, in a conversation about a year ago with a police investigator certified in car accident analysis, he mentioned to me that for the past few years, the car computer (the device that controls the engine, emissions, etc.) is also an event recorder. In the investigation of an accident with a fatality or serious injury, the police are able to download the last several several seconds (or minute??) of data such as brake applied or off, engine rpm, ABS operating, speed (including rate of change), throttle (gas pedal) position, etc. Interesting comparison to the RR article.
~Ken :: Fairmont ex-UP/MP C436 MT-14M1 ::
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