Introduction
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Vehicle data collection and event data recorders
INTRODUCTION
Vehicle data collection and event
data recorders
This vehicle is equipped with an
event data recorder (EDR). The main
purpose of an EDR is to record, in
certain crash or near crash-like sit
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uations, such as an air bag deploy
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ment or hitting a road obstacle,
data that will assist in understand
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ing how a vehicle's systems per
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formed. The EDR is designed to
record data related to vehicle
dynamics and safety systems for a
short period of time, typically 30
seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such
data as:
䳜 How
various systems in your
ve
hicle were operating;
䳜 Whether or not the driver and
p
assenger safety belts were
buckled/ fastened;
䳜 H
ow far (if at all) the driver was
depr
essing the accelerator and/or
brake pedal; and,
䳜 H
ow fast the vehicle was travel
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ing.
These data can help provide a bet
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ter understanding of the circum
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stances in which crashes and
injuries occur.
EDR data are recorded by your vehi
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cle only if a non-trivial crash situa
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tion occurs; no data are recorded by
the EDR under normal driving condi
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tions and no personal data (e.g.,
name, gender, age, and crash loca
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tion) are recorded. However, other
parties, such as law enforcement,
could combine the EDR data with
the type of personally identifying
data routinely acquired during a
crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR,
sp
ec
ial equipment is required, and
access to the vehicle or the EDR is
needed. In addition to the vehicle
manufacturer, other parties, such as
law enforcement, that have the
special equipment, can read the
information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.
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