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Congress may triple cost of cars' 'black boxes'
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal May 31, 2010 05:46pm |
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| News Date | May 31, 2010 05:45pm |
| Description | The Toyota safety scandal could lead to an expensive prospect for automakers and consumers alike -- a sharp increase in the price of cars' "black box" event records to make them fireproof and waterproof like those on commercial aircraft, Automotive News reports.
How expensive? Try triple the cost, up to $5,000, the News says. That would be about half the cost of some of the cheapest cars on the market right now, like small Nissan Versa.
The automotive safety legislation currently working its way through Congress requires all cars to carry data recorders that could remember a car's speed, deceleration and other factors five seconds before a crash, and up to a second's worth after a crash. That would be a boon not only to crash investigators, but attorneys and automakers in event of the inevitable lawsuits. The regulation would begin with the 2015 model year.
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