What are the Adas: Black box (EDR)

Until recently it was only a device proposed by some companies to those who asked for a discount on the RC policy, since July last year, however, it is a system that the 2019/2144 European regulation has made it Mandatory on all new cars registered in the EU. In technical language it is event recorder (Event Data Recorder or EDR), in the common one, more simply, is the black box. A device with several years on the shoulders: General Motors was among the first car manufacturers to invest in the concept of black box, then began to systematically install them on various models of the early 90s, including the iconic Pontiac Firebird. He was able to record many data for the time, including the speed of the car, the pressure on the accelerator’s pedals and the brake just before an accident. Today the EDR is a much more advanced device It is sophisticated, an adas in the broader sense of the term and for a year also mandatory.

What is

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The event recorder or black box is an electronic device capable of record the characteristic data of an accident. It goes without saying that he must first of all be robust, very robust: he was born to deliver the data of an accident to the authorities, therefore his envelope – indeed, his “armor” – must be able to protect recordings from bumps, strong decelerations and the intense heat of a fire.

What records

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The first appliances of this type recorded few data. The progress carried out over the years, the evolution of technology and the sophistication of modern black boxes cause this kind of device to record a lot more information, storing the parameters from about 30 seconds that precede the impact to the following 5 seconds. Among the data it holds: Auto and deceleration speed speed, engine turns, insertion of seat belts, brakes, airbag activation, steering position, inclination of the car compared to the road and ADAS activities.

Privacy

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The black box imposed by the European regulator can be consulted only by the police In the event that the circumstances of an accident made it necessary. There is therefore no “shadow” linked to privacy, since The data remain inside the device And in many cases they will never be read by anyone. The discourse relating to black boxes is different of insurance companiesconnected to satellites via GPS signal and in any case constantly active. To find out that I use (or can be done) of these data, a “hot” advice is to carefully read the data information that insurance must make the insured sign and which unfortunately often does not pay the necessary attention.