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Black boxes?
saw an article today about the federal govt mandating black boxes in all new cars! Does anyone know if our 04 or 05 tsx's have them? I do not want a black box in ANY of my cars!!
I'd like to know what people on here think of those things.
I'd like to know what people on here think of those things.
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Originally Posted by DCyamaha
saw an article today about the federal govt mandating black boxes in all new cars! Does anyone know if our 04 or 05 tsx's have them? I do not want a black box in ANY of my cars!!
I'd like to know what people on here think of those things.
I'd like to know what people on here think of those things.
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I think there is going to be a black box in some form in all cars in the next few years. The degree of information they are able to capture and deliver will vary based on legislation.
I am neutral on this topic at this point, what are some reasons you are adamant that you don't want one in your car?
I am neutral on this topic at this point, what are some reasons you are adamant that you don't want one in your car?
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IMO the major issue here is who the data captured by the black boxes belong to. Some judges have rejected black box (or sometimes called Event Data Recorder) as evidence.
Doesn't affect me whether they pass it or not.
IMO the major issue here is who the data captured by the black boxes belong to. Some judges have rejected black box (or sometimes called Event Data Recorder) as evidence.
Doesn't affect me whether they pass it or not.
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PROS: better accident investigation (his fault), better safety data
CONS: possible "abuse" of collected information, better accident investigation(your fault)
My primary worry is that we could eventually be taxed, fined, or have our insurance premiums upwardly adjusted based on downloaded information regarding our driving habits. This could, in the future, easily be done during our annual SMOG inspections. It's a definte possibility. The kind of money to be made is irresistable to politicians.
CONS: possible "abuse" of collected information, better accident investigation(your fault)
My primary worry is that we could eventually be taxed, fined, or have our insurance premiums upwardly adjusted based on downloaded information regarding our driving habits. This could, in the future, easily be done during our annual SMOG inspections. It's a definte possibility. The kind of money to be made is irresistable to politicians.
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Originally Posted by SacQuacker
My primary worry is that we could eventually be taxed, fined, or have our insurance premiums upwardly adjusted based on downloaded information regarding our driving habits. This could, in the future, easily be done during our annual SMOG inspections. It's a definte possibility. The kind of money to be made is irresistable to politicians.
But if people can actively use that informations for other purposes, they should be
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IMO the current insurance rating system is flawed. I think that if they add mileage (Progress has done a trial run using GPS in Texas) and driver behavior to the mix, most of us would be better off with lower premium since we are not as greatly affected by habitual offenders as we currently are.
Edit - also, black box data can be used to improve highway and vehicle safety as well!
Edit - also, black box data can be used to improve highway and vehicle safety as well!
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One problem that has already been run into with black box like systems is rental car companies using it to track their renters. One company billed a guy an amount equivalent to a speeding ticket because they had him logged as traveling greater than the posted speed limit on a road. That type of use worries me, but otherwise, no big deal.
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IMO the current insurance rating system is flawed. I think that if they add mileage (Progress has done a trial run using GPS in Texas) and driver behavior to the mix, most of us would be better off with lower premium since we are not as greatly affected by habitual offenders as we currently are.
Edit - also, black box data can be used to improve highway and vehicle safety as well!
Edit - also, black box data can be used to improve highway and vehicle safety as well!
What's a "habitual offender"? Someone who routinely exceeds the speed limit by 5 mph? The problem is the interpretation of the data. I'm convinced it will be viewed in whatever sense costs the most people the most money.
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One problem that has already been run into with black box like systems is rental car companies using it to track their renters. One company billed a guy an amount equivalent to a speeding ticket because they had him logged as traveling greater than the posted speed limit on a road. That type of use worries me, but otherwise, no big deal.
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Hmmmmm.... how did they know what road he was on? And do rental car companies have the right to charge for speeding?
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More like someone who constantly drive 20+ mph above limit and does not wear his seatbelt. Assuming he never gets caught and everything else stayed the same (location, usage, age, gender), why should I pay the same premium as this type of driver when my already high premium is compensating for drivers like that.
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Originally Posted by smock9
Is the reason you don't want a black box so that when there is an accident they don't have evidence that you were speeding?
Nope, I just dont want my car recording everything I do. What other device in life follows you around recording every move you make? sure there are video surveillance systems every where we go, but those cannot follow you once you leave the store/place etc.
but anyway, nobody answered my question. does the TSX have black boxes?
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Originally Posted by DCyamaha
Nope, I just dont want my car recording everything I do. What other device in life follows you around recording every move you make? sure there are video surveillance systems every where we go, but those cannot follow you once you leave the store/place etc.
but anyway, nobody answered my question. does the TSX have black boxes?
but anyway, nobody answered my question. does the TSX have black boxes?
Virtually all cars have these to some degree. The issue is how far back they keep the information, how easily recoverable it is, and who has access to it.
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Originally Posted by DCyamaha
saw an article today about the federal govt mandating black boxes in all new cars! Does anyone know if our 04 or 05 tsx's have them? I do not want a black box in ANY of my cars!!
I'd like to know what people on here think of those things.
I'd like to know what people on here think of those things.
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It amazes me how easily people just accept these forms of invasion of privacy, without looking at the big picture. I dont know alot about these black boxes but our first reaaction to anything like this should be against them, until they can be absolutely demonstrated to be of some benefit to the general public. Being able to tell who was at fault in an accident is not good enough reason to have a black box in my car. Once there is a device int he car that collects x, it will be much easier for it to collect x +y one day. and then x + y + z , etc. Its a slipery slope that we should be concerned with.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
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Originally Posted by fdl
It amazes me how easily people just accept these forms of invasion of privacy, without looking at the big picture. I dont know alot about these black boxes but our first reaaction to anything like this should be against them, until they can be absolutely demonstrated to be of some benefit to the general public. Being able to tell who was at fault in an accident is not good enough reason to have a black box in my car. Once there is a device int he car that collects x, it will be much easier for it to collect x +y one day. and then x + y + z , etc. Its a slipery slope that we should be concerned with.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
I pretty well said the same thing in post #15 of this thread: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13132
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Originally Posted by fdl
Once there is a device int he car that collects x, it will be much easier for it to collect x +y one day. and then x + y + z , etc. Its a slipery slope that we should be concerned with.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
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Originally Posted by VeniceBeachTSX
I think the answer was given above.
Virtually all cars have these to some degree. The issue is how far back they keep the information, how easily recoverable it is, and who has access to it.
Virtually all cars have these to some degree. The issue is how far back they keep the information, how easily recoverable it is, and who has access to it.
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I'm just curious, what would be some examples of such abuse? Thanks.
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Exactly, any 96 and up cars with OBD2 ECU is already collecting certain information that can be used to against you. For example, if you reset your ECU just right before an emission test, they will know it and will fail you. All they have to do is to connect to the diagnostic port under your dash. There is something similar to the blackbox here.
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Would that mean that a Hondata ECU would not pass the emissions test? What are they looking for by plugging into your ECU?
Most replacement ECUs are programmed in a manner that won't generate any unusual warnings, and won't cause a failure on the emissions test. Replcement ECUs almost always are focused on improving the top end, while leaving the low to middle range -- where emissions tests are done -- pretty much the same.
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Most of the "black box" type stuff is simply the ECUs retaining some history, FIFO, and when an airbag event occurs, saving the pre-history.
We were talking to a fleet management company about a telematics box that also had this ability - back in '99. They wanted that ability removed. If a car got in an accident, they wanted NOTHING to do with knowing about it. They figured the possible loss without it was better than the hard data proving their driver (and his deep-pockets employer) wrong and cleaning them out.
We were talking to a fleet management company about a telematics box that also had this ability - back in '99. They wanted that ability removed. If a car got in an accident, they wanted NOTHING to do with knowing about it. They figured the possible loss without it was better than the hard data proving their driver (and his deep-pockets employer) wrong and cleaning them out.
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Originally Posted by SacQuacker
Reread #9. Keep in mind, the only reason to record ANYTHING is so that it can be used by a third party. You've heard the expression "information is power"? The contents of your black box ultimately give some other person or entity a degree of power over your life. Hopefully, that third party is benign but don't count on it.
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Would that mean that a Hondata ECU would not pass the emissions test? What are they looking for by plugging into your ECU?
Btw, regarding the Hondata questions, this is from Hondata's site...
Compatible with Honda OBD II diagnostic tools & smog station scan tools.
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It amazes me how easily people just accept these forms of invasion of privacy, without looking at the big picture. I dont know alot about these black boxes but our first reaaction to anything like this should be against them, until they can be absolutely demonstrated to be of some benefit to the general public. Being able to tell who was at fault in an accident is not good enough reason to have a black box in my car. Once there is a device int he car that collects x, it will be much easier for it to collect x +y one day. and then x + y + z , etc. Its a slipery slope that we should be concerned with.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
Remember, the right to privacy is not in the constitution so we must be very careful with these things.
I dunno, maybe drivers today need their x y and z checked. A lot of drivers are a-holes on the road and maybe if everyone knew someone was watching they would drive more responsibly- remember that saying "driving is a privilege, not a right." As it is now, no box, people use their cars as an extension of their power- big bad suvs/trucks, not letting people in their lanes, tailgating, cuttin people off, etc, etc.
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bump because I'm curious
edit- Also, to respond to the previous poster, I think think it doesn't have much to do with whether there's a box in your car or not. It's a matter of whether the info captured in the box can hurt you (people digging in by wire or through GPS). My point is that it will benefit most of us (lower premium, less accidents, more responsible drivers, less deaths/injuries...etc) more than it hurts us.
edit- Also, to respond to the previous poster, I think think it doesn't have much to do with whether there's a box in your car or not. It's a matter of whether the info captured in the box can hurt you (people digging in by wire or through GPS). My point is that it will benefit most of us (lower premium, less accidents, more responsible drivers, less deaths/injuries...etc) more than it hurts us.
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An interesting read on telematics and what it means for consumers and insurers - http://www.bcg.com/publications/file..._OfA_Nov01.pdf
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Originally Posted by fatcat
bump because I'm curious
edit- Also, to respond to the previous poster, I think think it doesn't have much to do with whether there's a box in your car or not. It's a matter of whether the info captured in the box can hurt you (people digging in by wire or through GPS). My point is that it will benefit most of us (lower premium, less accidents, more responsible drivers, less deaths/injuries...etc) more than it hurts us.
edit- Also, to respond to the previous poster, I think think it doesn't have much to do with whether there's a box in your car or not. It's a matter of whether the info captured in the box can hurt you (people digging in by wire or through GPS). My point is that it will benefit most of us (lower premium, less accidents, more responsible drivers, less deaths/injuries...etc) more than it hurts us.
I will forego many benefits to retain privacy, and many Americans agree.
I wish telematics was occuring in a more open architecture, where people could sign up for what they want, and own a platform. Instead, they are all planning closed systems and I hate closed systems...
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Here's some more news about black boxes:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132056,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132056,00.html
Black boxes, or "EDRs" have been fitted into every General Motors car in its 2004 line and is in a number of Ford models — about 15 percent of all vehicles on the road today, according to road safety experts.
EDRs are certainly not new. Information gathered on black boxes — typically everything from speed, brake pressure, seat belt use and air bag deployment — has already been used in determining guilt in criminal and civil cases across the country.
EDRs are certainly not new. Information gathered on black boxes — typically everything from speed, brake pressure, seat belt use and air bag deployment — has already been used in determining guilt in criminal and civil cases across the country.
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Originally Posted by fatcat
...My point is that it will benefit most of us (lower premium, less accidents, more responsible drivers, less deaths/injuries...etc) more than it hurts us.
Your premiums will remain the same, while the bad drivers are now an excuse to charge them more money. Thus the insurance companies will grab it as an opportunity to make more money.
Remember that they said the same thing about motorcycle helmet laws....and no one ever saw a premium drop.