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Originally Posted by Brian 1LE SS
Are you sure thats it? I thought that box behind the shifter was for the airbags.
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Nah, it's actually both. Called an EDR (Event Data Recorder). It's also what triggers the bags to blow but the data can be pulled as they suggest in the bill.
What it collects:
Vehicle speed (in five one-second intervals preceding impact)
Engine speed (in five one-second intervals preceding impact)
Brake status (in five one-second intervals preceding impact)
Throttle position (in five one-second intervals preceding impact)
Driver's seat belt state (On/Off)
Passenger's airbag enabled or disabled state (On/Off)
Airbag Warning Lamp status (On/Off)
Time from vehicle impact to airbag deployment
Maximum Delta-V ( DV ) for near-deployment event
Delta-V ( DV ) vs. time for frontal airbag deployment event
Time from vehicle impact to time of maximum Delta-V ( DV )
Time between near-deploy and deploy event (if within 5 seconds)
http://www.airbagcrash.com/
Makes sense for it to be there too, almost dead center of the car from the sides and front so should the car get torn to shreds it's in the least likely spot to get obliterated, just like how real FDR/CVR boxes are in the tails of aircraft.