NTSB: Make Black Boxes Standard
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NTSB: Make Black Boxes Standard
NTSB: Make Black Boxes Standard - - By Mike Davis - - - Source: The Car Connection
The National Transportation Safety Board - the government office best known for investigations of airline, bus and train crashes - has jumped into the debate over automotive Event Data Recorders (EDRs), better known as black boxes. NTSB, merely an advisory group, said Tuesday it wants the regulatory National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to make EDRs mandatory for passenger vehicles. In June, NHTSA proposed that vehicles built after September 1, 2008, meet minimum standards for EDRs voluntarily installed by automakers, but stopped short of mandating them. Comments on the proposal are due by August 13.
Now the NTSB, as a result of its study of a July 2003 multi-fatal accident inSanta Monica, California, believes a black box would have helped investigators understand the incident. A 1992 Buick, built before full-scale EDRs became standard on GM cars, mowed down dozens of shoppers in an outdoor market, killing ten and injuring 63. It is believed but can't be proven without objective evidence, that the elderly driver panicked, jamming on his accelerator pedal rather than the brake. "We believe very strongly that vehicles should have a black box," NTSB chair Ellen Engleman Connors said. She explained that black boxes would provide investigators with scientific data on every fatal crash. According to the NTSB report, "Voluntary, rather than mandatory, installation of event data recorders in light-duty vehicles will not result in obtaining the maximum highway safety benefits from this technology." -
The National Transportation Safety Board - the government office best known for investigations of airline, bus and train crashes - has jumped into the debate over automotive Event Data Recorders (EDRs), better known as black boxes. NTSB, merely an advisory group, said Tuesday it wants the regulatory National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to make EDRs mandatory for passenger vehicles. In June, NHTSA proposed that vehicles built after September 1, 2008, meet minimum standards for EDRs voluntarily installed by automakers, but stopped short of mandating them. Comments on the proposal are due by August 13.
Now the NTSB, as a result of its study of a July 2003 multi-fatal accident inSanta Monica, California, believes a black box would have helped investigators understand the incident. A 1992 Buick, built before full-scale EDRs became standard on GM cars, mowed down dozens of shoppers in an outdoor market, killing ten and injuring 63. It is believed but can't be proven without objective evidence, that the elderly driver panicked, jamming on his accelerator pedal rather than the brake. "We believe very strongly that vehicles should have a black box," NTSB chair Ellen Engleman Connors said. She explained that black boxes would provide investigators with scientific data on every fatal crash. According to the NTSB report, "Voluntary, rather than mandatory, installation of event data recorders in light-duty vehicles will not result in obtaining the maximum highway safety benefits from this technology." -
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