Introduction
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Vehicle data collection and Event Data Recorders
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
situations, such as an air bag
deployment or hitting a road obsta
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cle, data that will assist in under
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standing how a vehicle's systems
performed. 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 data,
such as:
䳜 How various systems in your
vehicle were operating;
䳜 Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/ fastened;
䳜 How far (if at all) the driver was
depressing the accelerator and/or
brake pedal; and,
䳜 How 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. NOTE: EDR data are
recorded by your vehicle, only if a
non-trivial crash situation occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR
under normal driving conditions and
no personal data (e.g., name, gen
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der, age, and crash location) are
recorded. However, other parties,
such as law enforcement, could
combine the EDR data with the type
of personally identifying data rou
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tinely acquired during a crash inves
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tigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR,
special 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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