Introduction
VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION AND EVENT DATA RECORDERS
This vehicle is equipped with an These data can help provide a bet- To read data recorded by an EDR,
event data recorder (EDR). The ter understanding of the circum- special equipment is required, and
main purpose of an EDR is to stances in which crashes and access to the vehicle or the EDR is
record, in certain crash or near injuries occur. NOTE: EDR data needed. In addition to the vehicle
crash-like situations, such as an are recorded by your vehicle only manufacturer, other parties, such
air bag deployment or hitting a if a non-trivial crash situation as law enforcement, that have the
road obstacle, data that will assist occurs; no data are recorded by special equipment, can read the
in understanding how a vehicle's the EDR under normal driving information if they have access to
systems performed. The EDR is conditions and no personal data the vehicle or the EDR.
designed to record data related to (e.g., name, gender, age, and
vehicle dynamics and safety sys- crash location) are recorded.
tems for a short period of time, However, other parties, such as
typically 30 seconds or less. The law enforcement, could combine
EDR in this vehicle is designed to the EDR data with the type of per-
record such data as:
• How various systems in your
vehicle were operating;
sonally identifying data routinely
acquired during a crash investiga-
tion.
• Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/ fastened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was
depressing the accelerator
and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was travel-
ing.
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