U.S. wants automakers to collect more ‘black box’ crash data
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 23, 2022
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto regulators said Wednesday they want to require automakers to collect more crash data from event data recorders (EDRs)- more commonly known as "black boxes."
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-06-22/pdf/2022-12860.pdf proposed requiring black boxes to collect 20 seconds of pre-crash data at a higher frequency rate to help better understand the actions that lead to a crash.
NHTSA currently requires five seconds of pre-crash data at . . .
