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Offline Vudak

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« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2006, 06:48:49 PM »
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Originally posted by Maverick
There aren't that many collisions that would require the "black box" to tattle on the driver. The evidence of what happened is there at the scene.

Personally I thought attorneys were negligence. Removing them should be listed as "public service" or at least sanitation facilitation. :t


I'd pretty much be inclined to agree with you.  There's no chance I'll ever go to lawschool, so there may be hope for me yet  :aok
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« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2006, 08:39:27 PM »
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Some consumer advocates, such as Public Citizen's Joan Claybrook, want tougher rules compelling automakers to install EDRs in every car because objective crash data will lead to the design of safer cars and highways.

Joan Claybrook is still alive? what is she the Dick Clark of Safety Nazis?  she needs to go away...

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But automakers would find it too expensive and unpopular to routinely install long-term recorders, insists W.R. Haight, an EDR expert and the director of San Diego's Collision Safety Institute: "Only paranoid alarmist pinheads suggest this technology could be expanded to spy on our everyday driving."

Right.... I feel better about this already, thanks Mr Haight,.... Not

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« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2006, 02:42:37 AM »
I'll never own a vehicle with OnStar. It's Big Brother and he is charging you for the intrusion.
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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2006, 08:29:17 AM »
people really are buying into the "it's only freedom if it doesn't cost anyone anything"

The roads certainly do not belong to anyone but the people who pay for em.    

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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2006, 10:07:33 AM »
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Originally posted by lazs2
people really are buying into the "it's only freedom if it doesn't cost anyone anything"

The roads certainly do not belong to anyone but the people who pay for em.    

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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2006, 10:08:26 AM »
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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
so you can use it, but its not yours, am i wrong?


I can use them and they belong to us, the citizen.
Thought I had said that already.

Just another thing that can easily be abused and doesn`t really serve a purpose. Also another source for lawsuits concerning malfunction , etc. (Like we need more of those)

Won`t be one on my vehicle. If it is it will be disabled.
Wonder how many people don`t realize they are carrying their own personal
dog tag  on their belt, pocket or in their purse........................ ..
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